Though the story is mostly about the failures of their relationship, Clementine is a subtle pawn of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, the type of unrealistic female character created by men who displays no serious emotions or dynamic interests other than changing her usually boyfriend’s perspective on life. 

Jason Reitman’s most recent film Labor Day, the story of a disjointed New England family in the late 1980s that briefly crosses paths with a fugitive,has a slightly unbelievable plot, but somehow maintains...