Molli and Max in the Future

...a delightful throwback to that lost era of mid-Eighties indie observational relationship comedies, the kind that served as a bridge between the machine-gun-mouth quips of Woody Allen and the mid-Nineties explosion of TV rom-com sitcoms.

It’s all either whimsically charming or annoyingly cute, depending on your temperament. The thing that keeps the film from spinning out into the atmosphere (literally or figuratively, your choice) is the chemistry between Mamet and Athari.