Lovesong (2016)

Overwhelmed by her husband’s long absences, Riley Keough embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her close friend Jena Malone. Though the two women haven’t seen each other in a long time, their love for each other never strayed and they reconnect as if it hasn’t been more than a day. Everything about this film is too subtle while trying to push big messages about love for me to fully enjoy it, but the lead performances and their chemistry remains touching to witness. The second half of the story features one of my newer movie pet peeves where a life event is simultaneously treated as both a huge planned occasion and a spur of the moment winging it. Here it’s a large semi-destination wedding where somehow the wedding dress hasn’t even been chosen yet.