‘Person To Person’ Trailer: Michael Cera And Abbie Jacobson Lead An Ensemble Drifting Through Life In New York
By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2017 6:30 am EST
Person to Person is an indie film from rising director Dustin Guy Defa that follows an ensemble cast — including the It Boy of indie dramedies, Michael Cera — of disparate characters as they grapple with various obstacles. And because this is an indie film, the film takes place over the course of one day.
Watch the trailer for Person to Person below.
Person to Person takes place during a single day in New York City and follows several different stories that range from the mundane — a music lover on the hunt for a rare vinyl — to the existential — a rebellious teen (Tavi Gevinson) trying to reconcile her feminist ideals with her desires. The biggest name stars, Cera and Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson, share a story as an investigative reporter struggling through her first day on the job as her peculiar boss (Cera) accompanies her. Other stories include young man trying to reconnect with his ex-girlfriend and a Lower East Side clockmaker (Philip Baker Hall) who grumpily finds himself at the center of Jacobson’s investigation.
While Cera is the biggest name, I’m most interested in Jacobson’s leap from scrappy Comedy Central show to the big screen. Her character here is dramatically less outrageous than her role in Broad City, whose brand of cringe comedy her co-star Ilana Glazer seems to be bringing to her own silver screen jump in Rough Night. Jacobson seems to be going the opposite route, making the indie circuit instead of diving straight into slapstick comedy.
