How to Be (2008)

How to Be: Directed by Oliver Irving. With Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Powell Jones, Jeremy Hardy. A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.

“Art (Robert Pattinson) is a depressed poet musician who is searching for some meaning in his life. His mother (Rebecca Pidgeon) doesnu0026#39;t get it. His girlfriend breaks up with him. He finds a self-help web site touting Dr. Ellington (Powell Jones)u0026#39;s book u0026quot;Itu0026#39;s Not Your Faultu0026quot;. He is so in awe that he convinces the author to come live with him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t get the humor. It is undoubtedly very quirky. But itu0026#39;s also very dull. There is no energy anywhere on the screen. Robert Pattinson does a good and proper job of portraying this confused depressed kid. I think heu0026#39;s the only one working here. Everybody else is ridiculously mannered. The doctor is super creepy without being funny. Rebecca Pidgeon is stiff as a board.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot, the writing, the dialog, the acting all lack any power. Itu0026#39;s only an indie is not a good excuse. This is really a movie for Pattinson fans only. Because heu0026#39;s the only good thing here.”