Yes, the story is sometimes annoying, but I really like Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s work. Her acting is so natural, she is completely believable as the character to the point you think she’s playing herself, but there was a Times articles discussing how she filmed one scnee 42 times. Ugh. Art is so weird, you bust your butt to make something seem effortless but it actually doesn’t feel that when you perform. I think of dance as a more obvious example – they work out like fiends, take class, practice choreo over and over again, so that in performance, it looks like “oh it’s so easy to fly and make your leg 180 and be tucked behind your head at the same time). You move so easily, it looks like your body is a scarf someone threw in the air, when in reality, your knees and hips might be popping, your hammies are in excruciating pain, etc. etc.
In any case, this film reminded me of how spazzy people in their twenties are and made me feel like I have yet to transcend that spazziness. See entry on “coffee.”