This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
It's weird that there aren't more films about friendship, especially when Kelly Reichardt keeps showing us how good they can be. "Old Joy" captures that universal feeling of hanging out with a friend and quietly realising that this is the last time you'll ever spend together. Your memories are what bind you now, but you've grown into different people, and you just don't have much in common anymore. There's a sense of loss in those moments, but it's sort of…
