Written and Directed by Amy Landecker | 90 min | ▲▲▲ |  VOD

Lauren (Landecker, a triple-threat here) is a 50-something realtor divorcing fairly amicably, raising a little girl and trying to get back to her first love, acting. In a class for commercials she meets Sean (Nico Hiraga, a Booksmart veteran), a 20-something guy with whom she has terrific chemistry. She’s awkwardly trying to locate her mojo (with the help of her BFF, Missi Pyle)  and maybe Sean will be able to help.

A woman (Kiersey Clemons) from their class (taught, incidentally, by the amazing Gaby Hoffman) is getting married and invites the whole class to a weekend wedding. The father of the bride is played by Bradley Whitford, and you know his presence means something to this story.

This starts slowly and clumsily — the cliche of the ex-husband who hooks up with a much younger YouTube yoga instructor is right here, front and centre. But as we go along it becomes clear that Landecker has a good handle on her character, and is having fun exploring the challenges of suddenly being on the market in her 50s. She has a gift with her casting and actors — every one of her characters feel like real people.

Some of the writing could be tighter and deeper — I couldn’t help but think of how this compares to the best American divorce movie, starring Jill Clayburgh as a woman coming to grips with suddenly being solo in New York, An Unmarried Woman —  but everyone onscreen is so likeable, even Simon Helberg as an awful divorce mediator and Ken Marino as an obnoxious magician at the wedding who hits on Lauren. In the end, the laughs and a baked-in warmth win the day.