USA - 91 mins.
Miranda July's kooky narrative (also directed and stars) plays around with time and space as a film concept.
LA couple Jason (Hamish Linklater), an IT help-line assistant and Sophie (July), a children's dance teacher, spend most of their time together watching YouTube and Googling useless information. They know they should be doing more with their time but aren't sure what that is. Finally they decide upon adopting a cat from the animal shelter. However, when they excitedly arrive at the shelter, the cat they've chosen, Paw Paw, has a wounded paw. It will take around 30 days for Paw Paw's paw to heal. Jason declares to Paw Paw that they will care for it and love it until the day it dies.
While waiting for Sophie, Jason talks to a young girl about a drawing her father did of her with her pet dog that's pinned to the noticeboard in the Vet's waiting room. The girl's father returns and starts unpinning the drawing. Jason, aware the girl is upset no-one wanted this drawing, purchases it from them. From that moment on Jason decides that he isn't going to let any possible opportunity pass him by again.
Sophie and Jason now have a 30 day reprieve before the responsiblity of Paw Paw will change their life. 30 days in which to be free. Jason quits his IT job and at a whim joins a 'group' for petitioning of a greener LA. Sophie is then inspired to quit her dance teacher job, though she hasn't thought about what she'll do instead.
While Jason is out everyday trying to flog trees to the uninterested suburbia, Julia attempts her own YouTube video but to no avail. She feels like Jason is 'out there' experiencing the world while she's still at a loss.
Spontaneously she decides to call the number on the back of the drawing Jason brought home previously, sparking a new romance with the Illustrator father and leaves Jason.
Meanwhile both Sophie and Jason completely loose track of time as Paw Paw anxiously waits for them. Neither is satisfied with their new choices of lifestyle. Fear undermines both their abilities to reason. When Sophie finally remembers Paw Paw and her chance back to her 'old' life she is too late...
A sometimes funny, always quirky, and insightful look at how we view our lives, the fleetingness of time, and how shallow our declarations for love can often be.
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