My overall impression
The time in your life between high school and college has to be one of the most difficult points in a human life. In the mental health field, we refer to as the transition age with good reason. During this time young people find themselves transitioning or changing- emotionally, mentally, and even physically. There’s an expectation at this point in your life to identify yourself, choose a path, make definitive choices that will (ultimately or hopefully, take your pick) define the rest of your life. Let Me Out takes on the tumultuousness of this time period in a group of young people trying to figure it all out. Relationships, friendships, habits, and reactions are all under a lens in this show. It takes a hard look at how young people change and how much judgement a young person expects to receive about their changes and choices from even their closest friends. Yes, the focus on the character’s concerns get a little fuzzy at times and the flow of the show ebbs when the actors struggle with their lines or trying to find and portray the right emotion. Overall though, for me it wasn’t so much about these characters as individuals so much as it was about this time in a person’s life and what do you do with yourself when you can’t go back to the past and the future is this terrifying unknown. I think the writer/director nails this question when he suggests that the best thing you can do is be honest with yourself, be open with those closest to you, and then just hang the heck on.
