Quite an insightful portrayal of relationship. I'd like it more if briefer, shorter & less trivial.

Thank you Netflix for recommending this one to me as well...Netflix is becoming very adept at figuring out what the viewer likes, its scary! For those getting ready to date and socialize, this movie is a must! Tells the story of two people that met on a blind date arranged by mutual friends. The rest is a tale of how love and romance can dissipate as time goes by. Some relationships can withstand time and all sorts of differences but others cannot. Excellent job by writer/director Jeff Lipsky, witty and solid script. Good acting as well. Stuart (Justin Kirk) and Nicole (Julianne) meet on a diner during a blind date. They hit it off, Stuart becomes Nicole's knight in shining armor. Then life continues as you see these people develop, grow, mature and along the way the magic of love and romance vanishes. Definitely recommended and available on Netflix instant streaming.

I was expecting so much more...seemed like a good movie up untill they got married then it was just a disappointment till the end! The best part was the ending credit song

I really enjoyed this movie. A well acted romance that honestly felt like an emotional horror movie (a genre I just made up on the spot now); likable actors, intimate performances, whirlwind romance and devastating heartbreak on both sides of the relationship.

I liked it. Rodd thought it was so-so.

A finely crafted indie drama, with outstanding performances by Julianne Nicholson and Justin Kirk. It moves forward with such amazing clarity, and painful honesty. Anyone that has ever had to go through a divorce, or even a difficult doomed relationship, can recognize how real this movie is....and sad. This film shows a non-sugarcoated portrayal of love.

Watching this relationship begin is like a bad car wreck. The couple's relationship progresses way too quickly - before we are able to get to know them well and before they are able to really understand each other. More to the point, Stuart is a first-class, grade A asshole. He's almost impossible to like. What is interesting is the film's attempt to give us intelligent characters. It is as though Lipsky saw a Woody Allen movie and said, "I want characters who read in my film too!" Except, when Stuart goes off on his complex analysis of Nicole's character, it is more presumptuous than accurate, more like an authorial voice than his. Structurally, <i>Flannel Pajamas</i> is a mess. Many of the "other things" that interfere in this couple's relationship seem to come from left field. This is particularly true of the mother-in-law's antisemitism, which was so radical a departure from the action that I wondered if this film was too autobiographical ... or simply poorly made. But for all its flaws, I found myself charmed by <i>Flannel Pajamas</i>. I think I respect what the film was trying to do, even though it never got there. After all, life's events, which intrude on our relationships, never happen in manner conducive to good story-telling. Overall, see a real Woody Allen movie or <i>Scenes from a Marriage</i> instead, but if you've seen all of these, then scrape <i>Flannel Pajamas</i> off the bottom of the barrel.

It had a couple of holes in the writing and moments that were rushed because of unnecessary scenes. Having said that this movie has a lot of depth and shows the problems that grow in relationships when relationships do not grow as they progress. Both the leads are egotistical and sympathetic at the same time. It is incredibly heartbreaking in the end.

A powerful study of the complexity of relationships. Did she go for him because of his need to help everyone? Did she really love him or just appreciate getting out of a desperate hole. When women decide it's all over, it sure nuff is All Over. Love can be so marvelous but hurt so much when it is unrequited..

Another relationship movie. Their marriage was doomed. At the end of it I was left with a dismal feeling. This never really went anywhere for me.

One of those film's that warrant's a second maybe even third watch before you can determine how you really feel about it. Whether you liked or disliked it. I'm still unsure about this film. There was something rather odd about it. It was refreshing to see such real characters on-screen and how their relationship grew and grew apart as well. The dialogue is intriguing the characters certainly unique. Both Justin Kirk and Julianne Nicholson give outstanding performances. But yet there something slightly off putting about the film which I can't quite place my hand on.

admittedly, my longing/lust for justin kirk pushed me to watch this. but i was impressed by the dialogue, that felt realistic but also fascinating. the director's commentary pointed out several great things about it that i hadn't quite noticed i appreciated: 1. how the script is quite void of cliches and trite love overtures (which is rare in romantic films these days) and 2. that this is a movie with imperfect characters who aren't asked to apologize, or change in the film's story - but let's them be who they are (also rare).

Indie fluff. This is one of those films that tries so hard to be insightful and deep, but in the mean time, comes off as trite and perverse. I didn't really like any of these characters, or care where they ended up at the end through the whole 2 hours +. Some interesting dialogue, but that's about it.

I'm a sucker for indie romances so I had hopes for this film. It was definitely not what I was expecting but I was not dissapointed. It was a good look into the romance life of us ordinary people instead if idealic saints portrayed in most romances. They both had faults and weaknesses and this was shown in the movie. Both actors did a great job I think and were very believable. I also liked how it showed that divorce can come from a variety of things and not usually one dramatic event like most movies or a completely sucky marriage as is usually shown in other movies. I didn't love this movie but it was well done and was an interesting look into these two characters' and their relationship.

without you, a part of me will always be missing.

Realistic story that I first wanted to give 2.5 stars to because Justin Kirk's character was beyond horrific. That said, he wasn't bad and Julianne Nicholson was much better. The story was very realistic and engrossing. Worth seeing, but nothing groundbreaking.

Not bad at all. It made me think.

As Roger Ebert would say, I hated, hated, HATED this movie. It had the potential to have something really poignant to say and show some interesting character development. (After all, the movie IS about a relationship.) But instead, it takes one weird turn after another, with all the writing, directing and production quality of a high school play. Very disappointing...

a film that wallows in its own oddity. There are scenes of poetic dialogue and others that are just so obvious that you wonder why they didn't end up on the cutting room floor. There is good acting going on here, but somehow, by the end of the film you just don't care anymore. Many have said that the message of the film is that "real" love can't survive. That's bull - this isn't real love, at least not in the male lead's case - he loves that he can dominate and manipulate her - which, while being a form of self love, shows he doesn't love her at all (proven by his sudden "need" for her after she finally grows a spine and leaves him). The revelations about the lead's envy of his crazy brother hold more attention than the 2nd half of the film, which seems to spin out of control and fall into a pattern of non-sequitors like the hospital cafeteria conversation with the mother, which starts out with her proclaiming anti-semitism, but then saying that had nothing to do with her dislike for him, and her feelings that he wasn't right for her daughter. Ok, I'll buy that often truths are couched behind a smoke screen of other words, but this was just out there and left you feeling ambivelent about the entire affair.

I thought that blaming the man for how the relationship went was pathetic. But at least this movie had equal nudity, ha-ha.