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"Honest, has a great heart, a spectacular cast, and enough beer to fill the San Andreas Fault."

- AMERICAN CRAFT BEER

"Propelled by amazing performances from Jake Johnson and Olivia Wilde, whose chemistry makes nearly every scene a pleasure to watch."

- WE GOT THIS COVERED

"Very funny."

- FILMOPHILIA

"The summers most charming indie."

- Huffington Post

"Improvised, hilarious, and heartfelt"

- Buzzfeed

"One of our favorite films from this year's SXSW Film Festival"

- Movies.com

"It's a funny, expertly calculated look at blurred lines, and we can't recommend it enough."

- Movies.com

"Characters so real, you’d swear you’ve already shared a pitcher with them."

- Nylon

"Grade: A-. Delightful"

- INDIEWIRE

"A full-bodied achievement"

- INDIEWIRE

"Wilde gives her most assertive performance to date"

- INDIEWIRE

"The performances are just as excellent as that cast list suggests."

- Film School Rejects

"A genuinely affecting film so charming and inviting, you'll feel like you're hanging with your own drinking buddies."

- Tara Aquino, Complex

"A FORMIDABLE INJECTION OF NEW BLOOD TO THE ROM-COM GENRE. With the genuine laughs that keep stacking up, Swanberg keeps zigging where others would be zagging."

- Matt Barone, Complex

"In its close observation of characters torn between their heads and their hearts, the film is as penetrating and wise as New Wave master Eric Rohmer often was."

- Kenji Fujishima, Slant

"FUNNY AND POIGNANT. Everyone in the movie is great."

- Mark Lisanti, Grantland

"Olivia Wilde really shows off her dynamic acting chops while also looking crazy hot. One of the more realistic unrequited love stories that has worked in a while."

- Eli Kooris, BlackBook

"Its heady mix of belly laughs and sweet romance is intoxicating. A feel-good film with many moments of genuine laughter and an infectious sense of fun. With characters that are constantly drinking pints, playing pool and going skinny-dipping, the film delivers a great energy that makes you want to make friends and join the party."

- Flossie Topping, Screen

"Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson have crazy palpable chemistry together, and are really funny."

- Cory Everett, The Playlist on Indiewire

"A surprisingly potent exploration of the uneasy space between friendship and romance. It gets to the heart of the matters of the heart with disarming doses of both charm and wisdom."

- William Goss, Film.com

"Mature,funny and thoughtful. If this is the future of independent romantic comedies, sign me up."

- Eric Snider, Twitch

"If this is the future of independent romantic comedies, sign me up."

- Twitch Film

"Olivia Wilde delivers an impressive performance."

- Twitch Film

"A point of view that's mature, funny, and thoughtful."

- Twitch Film

"A genuinely affecting film so charming and inviting, you'll feel like you're hanging with your own drinking buddies."

- Complex


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About The Film

Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.

Cast & Crew

Cast:
Olivia Wilde
Jake Johnson
Anna Kendrick
Ron Livingston

Director:
Joe Swanberg

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