Yet another indie darling angsts her way through Brooklyn in Desiree Akhavan’s first feature Appropriate Behavior. The film is a breezy break-up comedy told with a decidedly Annie Hall-like flashback structure. Akhavan stars as Shirin, a Persian bi-sexual twenty-something who is “good at drinking and dancing.” When she’s not doing those things (and sometimes when she is), she is mourning the end of her relationship with Maxine, played by the serious and soulful Rebecca Henderson.

While critics are calling Akhavan the “lesbian Persian-American Lena Dunham,” the comparison doesn’t hold much water. Tiny Furniture, Frances Ha, Obvious Child and others of this new Holden-Caulfield-revival-in-a-neon-beanie ilk all have a lot in common with the film on the surface. Unfortunately, Appropriate Behavior doesn’t go deep enough to draw further connections. The film’s fluffy comedic style and one line witticisms are amusing and sometimes spot-on but rarely does the writing dare to dig into the weighty stuff. And when your film is about a woman dealing with feelings, it’s hard to be successful without the weighty stuff.

Behavior opens with Shirin storming out of her girlfriend’s apartment carrying a small box of possessions and a large, repossessed strap-on. She then spends most of the film moping, quitting her job, being sexually disappointed, finding a new job teaching film to 5-year-olds, and missing Maxine. The major problem in their relationship is Shirin’s inability to admit her sexuality to her religiously conservative parents, something that disturbs Maxine and vaguely bothers Shirin, but doesn’t seem to matter enough to examine deeply.

Despite the hilarious accuracy of certain moments, like a brilliantly awkward first date sequence that will leave anyone praising the wonder of Tinder, Akhavan seems afraid to use that same eye on darker ones. The result is a fun, 90 minute misadventure with quirky characters and an “everything will be OK” resolution, sort of like a ride on the G train.