The Worst Year of My Life

This "love-gone-wrong" story shines. The script rings real, the characters are authentically human, and the narrative momentum is completely effective. Trevor St John David is pitch-perfect as the Kyle, the male lead, through whose pov the story is told. He is modern and believable: capable of higher love, and also of being harmed by love. The pacing, dialogue, and narrative devices all mix together well without too much or too little of anything, like a great recipe, and the flavor is genuinely absorbing and good for your heart. There are some fun devices but mostly this is just excellent writing, a very, very good ear, and some fine performance. Jonathan Smith had a vision; he drew it for you with a sure hand. He is a damned fine story-teller, a talented director and editor (he self-edited), and you will enjoy this film.