Justin Rice

A runaway teen and an aimless drifter change the lives of two vagabonds who wander around the Catskills and break into others' vacation homes.

Telling his tale of woe to anyone who will listen, a self-styled lyricist insists on clinging to heartache eons after being dumped by his girlfriend.

An instant critic's darling upon its release, Mutual Appreciation is at once an utterly timeless and distinctly mid-aughts portrait of the ebb and flow of twenty-something life in NYC. Along with the equally lauded Funny Ha Ha, it signaled the triumphant arrival of indie auteur Andrew Bujalski, who has gone on to write and direct a series of acclaimed features including Support the Girls.