CARRIE PILBY

GOALS – 

LIFE LESSONS – 

MATURITY

Carrie Pilby puts life in perspective

Carrie Pilby tells the story of a 19-year-old girl who has an unusually high IQ. So high, in fact, that she’s already graduated from Harvard University. She now spends her days alone in her New York City apartment, reading books and occasionally venturing out for compulsory visits to her therapist (Nathan Lane, Modern Family), paid for by her estranged father (Gabriel Byrne, Louder than Bombs) in London. On one of these occasions, her therapist gives her a list of things to enjoy as a way to get her engaged with life. Her assignment is to accomplish each one of the following goals by the end of the year:

1. Go on a date
2. Make a friend
3. Spend New Year’s Eve with someone
4. Get a pet
5. Do something you loved as a child
6. Read a favorite book 

Sounds like a list we could all try from time to time.

Carrie Pilby is about knowing and being known. It’s about allowing ourselves to live a little and allowing others to be their flawed, wonderful human selves. We will inevitably let each other down now and again, it’s true. But we can also be there for one another. Carrie Pilby is a movie that illustrates that in a way that made me laugh and allowed for a little generous self-reflection.

See the trailer: https://youtu.be/nLiUc1OKKQk?t=100

Director

Susan Johnson

Screenwriter

Kara Holden

Casts: Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne

Rating: PG-13

Run time: 98min

Braveart Films

Distribution Date: Mar 31, 2017