David Gordon Green’s first movie to take place north of the
Mason-Dixon is split right down the middle: One story, familiar
from All the Real Girls, is about the unbearable sweetness of
post-puppy love. The other is about what happens when your
high-school beau grows up, starts drinking, finds Jesus, and
can’t hold down a job. What the two stories have in common is Green’s
uncommon
dialogue, aching with cross-purposes and shimmering
with flirty jokes. (See Movie Times for details.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...