''Easy Living'' is a 2017 American thriller comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Keleman and starring

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. It is Keleman's feature directorial debut.

Plot summary

Cast

as Sherry Graham *

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as Abby * Jen Richards as Danny * McCaleb Burnett as Henry *

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as Norman * C.J. Wilson as Fred *

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as Ted * Taylor Richardson as Alice * Mary Catherine Garrison as Trish

Release

The film was released on September 15, 2017.

Reception

The film has a 78% rating on

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based on nine reviews.

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of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "A character study of an endlessly flawed human being, ''Easy Living'' thankfully avoids heavy moralizing or platitudinous bromides and it even makes familiar situations(...)seems fresh." Alan Ng of ''

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'' awarded the film three stars out of five and wrote that the film "is a character study of a real-life Peter Pan, who can’t quite find the doorway into adulthood." Simi Horwitz of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review and wrote "An exceptional character study of an outlier who lives a Jekyll and Hyde existence in a universe almost devoid of causality."

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* * 2017 films 2017 comedy-drama films 2017 thriller films American comedy-drama films American comedy thriller films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy-drama films English-language thriller films {{2010s-US-film-stub