Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- bleak
- intoxicated
- melancholic
- late night viewing
- intense drama night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an abrasive, overextended descent into self-destructive male despair, with limited emotional payoff.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jonathan, Richard, Ron, and Tim use their annual reunion and reckless partying to avoid dissatisfaction, grief, and responsibility.
The four men must decide whether to honor a pact made twenty-five years earlier after an incident disrupts their reunion.
The reunion revolves around drugs, alcohol, sex, and partying as the friends attempt to relive their youth and flee adult obligations.
The rented beachfront house in Big Sur becomes the isolated stage for increasingly bleak confrontations and self-destructive behavior.
Films like I Melt with You, and why
The Big Chill
adult friendship drama, self-destructive partying, regret, and intense emotional unraveling
Sideways
middle-aged male friendship, substance abuse, existential dissatisfaction, and darkly comic despair
Leaving Las Vegas
bleak psychological drama about damaged adults confronting guilt, addiction, and suicidal despair
Very Bad Things
morally corrosive male bonding, drugs, alcohol, and escalating thriller tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Mark Pellington
- Release Date
- 2011-12-09
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (87)
Cast
- Thomas Jane
- Jeremy Piven
- Rob Lowe
- Christian McKay
- Carla Gugino
- Arielle Kebbel
- Sasha Grey
- Tom Bower
- Zander Eckhouse
- Abhi Sinha
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- FlixFling
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Melt with You about?
- Four estranged college friends turn a drug-fueled Big Sur reunion into a harrowing reckoning with guilt, failed lives, and a pact from their youth.
- What is I Melt with You like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Melt with You as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Melt with You violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Melt with You as mild.
- What did critics think of I Melt with You?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an abrasive, overextended descent into self-destructive male despair, with limited emotional payoff.
- Which films are like I Melt with You?
- Films with a similar feel include The Big Chill, Sideways, Leaving Las Vegas, and Very Bad Things.
- How long is I Melt with You?
- I Melt with You runs 129 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Melt with You?
- In United States, I Melt with You is available to rent or buy from FlixFling, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
