THE USUAL U.S.A. Independent Cinema - Fiction

An impressive first feature from Eric Tretbar, this quietly observant, gentle film announces a promising new US independent filmmaker. Claire, a Minnesota farm girl who moves to the big city, has a fling with New Yorker Aldo, and waits tables in a grill, where she takes up with fry-cook-cum-guitarist Spike. Problems start when Aldo and Spike meet. .. Tretbar paces The Usual with considerable confidence and draws fine, understated performances from the three leads. – Derek Elley, Variety