A complete film, but not an extraordinary one. There is a belief that in this world there are as few as 36 stories. We keep retelling them in various ways, through various mediums. And "Once We Were Us" definitely feels like a retelling. Its characters, events, and key emotions are so ordinary that it's difficult to not relate to them. We have seen this, we have heard it, and sometimes we have even lived these sequences. It's marvelous to make a film driven with melancholy, romance, coming-of-age elements, and a massive amount of nostalgia. However, it's difficult to make something so "life-like" entertaining. There were multiple moments where I felt that if I stopped the film right here, I might never pick it up again. So, in that way, the climax felt apt. It made sense that neither character felt any drive to return or save their relationship—and perhaps even found moving on easy.