I first saw this movie soon after my dad died when I was 15. The character of Max, even with all of his unlikeable traits and lies, really hit me in the heart. I was totally in love with the idea of having a counterpoint that was also coping with the grief of losing a parent by becoming extremely eccentric and busy. I was like, damn, we would trauma bond so hard then write a play together - why aren’t the boys at my school like him!?
