Almost Friends

[The film] has an easygoing charm that should earn it a solid place among the subset of movies about young people who emerge from their small-town cocoons and screw up their courage to take flight for the bright lights of New York City.

A comic drama that's sometimes appealingly gentle but more often frustratingly amorphous.

You can see where this is going from a mile away. What makes it a pleasant film to watch (and it's out now "On Demand") are the leads.

The two stars develop an offbeat chemistry, although the screenplay pushes an abundance of cutesy contrivances to muddle the emotional payoff.

Just what we need right now: a comedy about a stalker! Thank you, Jake Goldberger, an auteur for our times.

There's gentleness to the effort that's appealing, but it doesn't last long enough.