--- title: "Me and You and Everyone We Know: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/film/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/film/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know" critics_score: 61 critics_reviews: 6 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005): what the critics said Critics' score 61 from 6 reviews: 4 positive, 0 mixed, 2 negative. Most critics respond warmly to Miranda July’s debut, with praise gathering around her writing, central performance and sympathy for lonely people trying to connect. The favourable reviews find tenderness and humour in the awkward encounters, and welcome a lack of cynicism that makes the eccentric characters worth caring about. July’s handling of everyday details also earns attention. For her admirers, the film finds fresh ways to approach familiar anxieties about love and belonging. The spread is wide, however, and the disagreement centres on how those eccentricities come across. Even some favourable reviews find the storytelling loose and the quirkiness overworked. The Guardian sees a smug, insistently cute film despite its funny lines and art-world satire. The New Yorker’s objection is more troubling: it finds the treatment of underage sexuality affectless and self-satisfied, while still admiring the casual richness of certain observational scenes. ## Empire — William Thomas Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). Writer/director/star Miranda July has created a beguiling treat with her debut feature, whose freshness and honesty defy lazy 'indie' labels. The tender, original movie is a wonderfully uplifting experience that succeeds in saying new things about old anxieties. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/everyone-know-review/) ## The Times — Wendy Ide Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 18 August 2005. July's debut is a whimsical one-woman show about fragile connections between strangers, with quirky characters and loose storytelling. It lacks cynicism and has real charm despite feeling written and overly quirky. [Read the review](https://www.thetimes.com/article/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-8dp675fwtmw) ## The New Yorker — Anthony Lane Fi1m's normalised score 40/100 (inferred from the text). 20 June 2005. The critic finds the film creepy and unsavory in its flat, affectless handling of underage sexuality and pleased with itself in those moments. He praises certain observational scenes for their casual richness and the way the camera captures everyday details like a street sign. [Read the review](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/bewildered) ## The Guardian — Peter Bradshaw Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 19 August 2005. The critic finds the film overly fey and quirky with a passive-aggressive cutesiness that requires high tolerance. It features funny lines and some art-world satire but ultimately reeks of indie smugness. [Read the review](https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/aug/19/8) ## IndieWire — Indiewire 14 June 2005. The review celebrates Miranda July's assured debut as a warm, quirky exploration of loneliness and connection in the digital age. It highlights her empathetic handling of eccentric characters and offbeat humor. [Read the review](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/american-beauty-miranda-julys-me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-78190/) ## Screen Daily 30 March 2005. Festival review. Performance artist Miranda July makes a captivating jump into the almost-mainstream with this neighbourhood character study. The film is a showcase debut that will convince cinemagoers they need to get in on the ground floor for this talented newcomer. [Read the review](https://www.screendaily.com/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know/4022523.article) ## Slant Magazine — Joe McGovern 14 June 2005. The review notes July's winsome yet unsentimental touch in depicting people's longing for connection through quirky vignettes and found objects. It singles out the central awkward courtship and the film's playful yet melancholic tone for praise. [Read the review](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know/) ## The AV Club — Nathan Rabin 14 June 2005. The critic praises the film as a near-perfect debut that balances quirky humor with genuine humanism and insight into modern alienation. July is lauded for her generous empathy toward flawed, lonely characters seeking connection. [Read the review](https://www.avclub.com/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-1798308348) ## The Independent Rating ***. 18 August 2005. The critic finds the film's offbeat characters engaging in their pursuit of love or avoidance of solitude, praising its guileless quality over typical indie quirkiness. It swerves from potentially dark territory toward light comedy and features a standout scene of the leads marking their walk as if it were an entire relationship. [Read the review](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/bewitched-pg-me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-15-306735.html) ## The New York Times — A.O. Scott 17 June 2005. The critic describes the film’s wide-eyed, quizzical approach as potentially naïve or charming yet ultimately calculated and affecting in its tentative romance and visual construction. He singles out the wistful relationship between the conceptual artist Christine and the shoe salesman Richard for praise. [Read the review](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/movies/an-artistic-eye-wide-open-observing-odd-lost-souls.html) ## Time Out — DC 15 August 2005. Miranda July's debut is a tender, funny and intelligent meditation on the search for love and belonging in the modern world. July herself, as the film's heart and soul, provides a conduit for thinking about ourselves and the elusive search for community. [Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know) ## Variety — Scott Foundas 1 February 2005. Festival review. The critic calls it an inspired debut that brings a fresh perspective to human longing, loss, and connection through July’s quirky, unopportunistic vision. He singles out July’s enchanting central performance and the film’s sensitivity and optimism for praise. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-1200528295/) ## Eye for Film — Anton Bitel Fi1m's normalised score 85/100 (inferred from the text). 20 August 2005. The critic finds the film an enthralling multi-layered exploration of characters striving to connect and overcome isolation. July's quirky, intelligent screenplay is praised for turning everyday details into metaphors for love, loneliness and faith, with an infectious sense of awe. [Read the review](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know-film-review-by-anton-bitel) ## Paste — Cameron Bird Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 1 June 2005. The critic finds the film a quirky romantic dramedy with offbeat characters and situations treated with familiarity and restraint by first-time director Miranda July. It is praised as a precursor to a significant career in cinematic magical realism after winning a Sundance jury prize. [Read the review](https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/miranda-july/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know.md