"Little Athens" is most reminiscent of "Go," that hip late-'90s indie hit that followed several groups of young adults over
the course of one tumultuous weekend. In both films, the central characters do not learn anything or become more enlightened people at the end; they simply experience all this wearying excitement and then go home for some much-needed sleep. The crucial difference between the films -- and the reason one is good while the other is bad -- is that "Go" was funny, while "Little Athens" is a stone-faced drama. A movie in which the protagonists do not have character arcs, in which they do not "go" anywhere, needs to be a comedy. Otherwise, why are we watching it? With a little more work, "Little Athens," written and directed by Tom Zuber, could have been a comedy, and perhaps even a good one. Many of its characters have the potential to be worth following.
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