Goodbye to All That

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1900 - 2026

At the center of the film is Paul Schneider likeably playing the aloof and clumsy family man Otto Wall, who is suddenly ambushed by his wife with a request for separation and divorce. This comes as a surprise to Otto, who figured the lack of fighting was a sign that everything was fine, while his wife (Melanie Lynskey) sees it as a lack of passion. This is a defining character trait of Otto, whose soft-spoken passive nature carries into his attempts to re-enter the dating world. After using Facebook to discover that his wife had been cheating on him behind his back, Otto finds that the social media site is also a good way to reconnect with old flames. For some reason, they all seem primed and ready for casual sex relationships with Otto, in a comical middle-aged male fantasy.