"I'll See You in My Dreams" has a fresh tone and an original way to tell a story. Nobody is as predictable as they first appear. A luminous 74-year-old Blythe Danner plays Carol, a widow of two decades who plays bridge and golf with her friends (Rhea Perlman, Mary Kay Place and June Squibb). And as Carol begins to realize she has been living life in a bubble, the new perspectives she develops aren't easy moves into romance or cutesy mom scenarios. And Carol's daily drinks look like the actions of a closet alcoholic until you realize that she's self-medicating because she's lonely. She makes her choices for believable reasons and the relationship (not a sexual one, thankfully) she has with a 30-ish pool cleaner (Martin Starr) is sweet and effective. Writer/director Brett Haley doesn't complicate his narrative with too much drama or make life overly simple. He provides a slice of Carol's life that's a little sad, sometimes silly, and all too real.
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