Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts

2012 · 97 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.5 (489 votes)
Dir. Josh Radnor · Starring Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, John Magaro, Zac Efron, Allison Janney · Music Ben Toth
RomanceComedyDrama

Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance. He is prepared for the nostalgia of the dining halls and dorm rooms, the parties and poetry seminars; what he doesn’t see coming is Zibby – a beautiful, precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby awakens scary, exciting, long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection that Jesse thought he had buried forever.

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A gentle, introspective dive into unexpected campus connections. It feels like a warm, slightly melancholic embrace of youthful possibility and the bittersweet ache of nostalgia, all wrapped in a cozy, literary atmosphere.

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