Fun and quirky, "Liberal Arts" evoked nothing but smiles from its audience members. Pleasantly humorous with an easily relatable plot, "Liberal Arts" follows the story of a young man who finds himself 10 years out of college wondering where his life is going. As he revisits his past, he unravels the key to a happy future with the help of his love interest. Directed by Josh Radnor (who also plays the main character), "Liberal Arts" brilliantly approaches the classic problem of growing up and building relationships in a unique, truthful manner.

The relationships presented in the film are both simple and strong. Radnor thought that relationships were the most important aspect of life and therefore the most important to correctly portray. He built the relationships in the film based on his view of how relationships should be combined with his real-life experiences with them.

“I picture life like this: if we’re all climbing somewhere, sometimes we are reaching down to help other people and sometimes other people are helping pull us up. It’s just this web of interconnected relationships. I think those are interesting dynamics,” said Radnor.

Throughout the film, books hold a very important role as well and are constantly present. They set the main character’s mind free, but hold him back from reality. As it turns out, Radnor was making an extremely relevant and valid point with his use of that particular prop.

Radnor said, “Today when we get our news we only pay attention to our own little reality tunnel. Some of us pay attention to it from this angle and some from the other angle. We don’t bother reading the other stuff.”

In addition to his brilliant idea on relationships and the aging process, Radnor also comments on today’s media and the prospect that people are blind to its influence.

In "Liberal Arts"[i] [/i]Radnor has succeeded in commenting on many current issues all throughout a thoroughly enjoyable film.