Speaking to the press in July 2014, she explained that it felt like she had reached the end of the first stage of her career, and that making "Begin Again" was like "it's beginning again". 2014 began for Knightley with the spy thriller "" alongside Chris Pine. It was based on novelist Tom Clancy's fictional character Jack Ryan and was the fifth film in the Jack Ryan film series. The film received mixed critical reviews nonetheless strong box-office response.- </ref> Knightley's next film "Laggies" (2014), premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival prior to its US general-release on 24 October. A romantic comedy also starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Sam Rockwell, the film follows the life of Megan (played by Knightley), a 28-year-old underachiever going through a quarter-life crisis. "Laggies" opened to mostly positive reviews from critics, with Knightley's performance being chiefly praised by critics. Inkoo Kaang of "TheWrap" wrote of her "delightfully uncouth" performance, "She's a loose-limbed revelation as a pretty-but-normal-looking woman who just can't take things seriously enough to pull her life together."