Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.
Mark Duplass
Ethan
Elisabeth Moss
Sophie
Ted Danson
Therapist
Kiana Cason
Waitress
Kaitlyn Dodson
Diner Patron
Lori Farrar
Diner Patron
Marlene Malin
Diner Patron
Tim Peddicord
Diner Patron
Ryan Pederson
Diner Patron
Brett Bietz
Doug (voice)
Sean O'Malley
Dave (voice)
Mary Steenburgen
Mom (voice)
Drew Langer
Brett (voice)
Jennifer Spriggs
Ellen (voice)
Charlie McDowell
Madison (voice)
Mel Eslyn
Victoria (voice)
Jeremy Mackie
Other Male (voice)
Liz Lash
Other Female (voice)
Director
Charlie McDowell
Writer
Justin Lader
June 14, 2016
7
> A unique way to let go of your marriage problems!
This is a slow start, but the second half makes it worth a watch. You better know nothing about the film, just have it and enjoy your time. Because that was the case for me and then I found it a good one. I don't know this director, but Mark Duplass was doing such kind of unique concept small films. So there's no surprise, except I did know I would end up liking it very much.
When it comes to the film theme, kind of resembles 'Coherence'. The whole film revolves around a married couple, except in the beginning. So it is a minimal cast film that is set in a remote place villa. As their therapist's instruction a couple who are on the edge of losing their marriage, tries a weekend getaway to patch the differences. But end up encountering the strange events that pleases them more than what they've expected. When they begin to realise the reality, comes the trouble to fix it once for all.
The third act was amazing. The pace keeps getting better and the tension in the story simply creates enough curiosity about the ending. But the conclusion was very basic and guessable. I liked the honest than too much fancy. Still the viewers look for the answers regarding how it ended which is kind of a wide open for the discussions.
I love modern sci-fi dramas, especially in the last one decade, I have been enjoying them a lot, which are highly intelligent yet casually narrated on the screen that anybody can understand easily. If you had liked films such as 'Coherence', 'Another Earth', 'Her', 'Melanchony' et cetera, then surely would have a good time with it.
7/10