‘In a Relationship’ Review: Emma Roberts and Michael Angarano Tell a Painfully Relatable Story of Modern Love — Tribeca

You’ve probably seen “In a Relationship” before — hell, if you’re over 25, you’ve probably lived it.

But what Sam Boyd’s tender and winning debut feature lacks in originality and ambition, it makes up for in honesty and charm.Yet another of those movies about beautiful millennials having sex with each other while trying to sort out How We Love Now, Boyd’s film retreads familiar territory that people like Drake Doremus and the Duplass brothers might seem to have already farmed dry.

A white boy with bad hair.

A button-nosed girl with bad taste.

A lot of navel-gazing commentary about hook-up culture, the rules of the game, and how they’ve changed for a generation in which constant connection hasn’t brought everybody closer.

Some funny references.

Too many synths.

Even the best of these stories — even the ones that might reflect your own experience a tiny

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