Written and directed by Kris Rey
Starring Gillian Jacobs, Jemaine Clement and Kate Micucci
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes

by Liz Locke of CinemaSips.com

Writing is a tough business, especially for women. That’s the message I take away from I Used to Go Here, Kris Rey’s fantastic new film featuring Gillian Jacobs as a debut novelist trying to reconcile grandiose dreams with a lackluster middle-aged reality. This one-time star of her college English department thought the future would be filled with glamorous parties and well-reviewed personal essay collections, only to discover that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan. Blink, and you’re suddenly thirty-five, childless, single, holding an ugly pink novel with your name on the cover (a cover you had zero input on), wondering what the hell happened. Oh, and also people will buy your book, then never read your book. Adulthood—what fun!