Splitsville

A story about open relationships, man child characters, and hilarious annoying dynamics in romances sounds like it could be a bad cheesy dumb story, however, director Michael Angelo Covino succeeds with making these characters engaging and hilarious without making it feel stale, annoying or all over the place.

Filled with great comedic atmospheres, dialogue between the characters, and camerawork, Covino understands the absurd nature about the dynamics of open relationships and man-child people. Crafting an interesting and hilarious fun screwball-like comedy. Many of the characters are portrayed as annoying, quite unlikeable, and ridiculous, but what makes it work is because of Covino's direction and how the movie understands the self-awareness of how ridiculous and hilarious the setting and characters are. Which is why the characters worked as their chemistry and dynamics are great.

The performances from Kyle Marvin and Covino were both great, alongside with Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona. The production designs are great and the movie never loses its steam and energy, which makes the pacing great. However, there were some strange sound designs in certain aspects which made the movie feel a little distracting at certain moments.

Overall, this is one of the funniest movies I have seen this year.

Look, I'm a fan of the previous work by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, but this just didn't do it for me. It felt like they tried to cram a whole TV series' worth of plot into one movie. The whole thing with the open marriage and all the relationship drama just got messy, and not in a fun, chaotic way.

The characters were pretty unlikeable. The guys, especially, felt like immature man-children, and the women were basically just there to react to them. It was hard to care about anyone's journey. Plus, there were a lot of jokes that just felt kinda... old.

For me, the movie felt overstuffed and a little all over the place. I was hoping for something fresh, but it just ended up being a predictable story with a rushed ending that didn't really work.

As for whether it's worth watching, that depends. If you're a big fan of Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin's previous work, you might find something to enjoy here. However, based on my personal experience, I'd say it's probably not worth it. The plot is scattered, the characters aren't very likable, and it felt like it missed its potential.

This is going to seem odd on my part as I did not find this comedy all that funny. Not to say it doesn't have funny moments. There are plenty, I just didn't laugh at much as the people I sat in the movie theater with. Why is that odd? Because I still very much enjoyed the film. It's highly entertaining and every one in it gives it there all but a laugh riot this wasn't. At least to me.

Having said that, on the scale of straight people and our confused, unhappy sex lives movies this is way, way better than Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice or Threesome but not as funny as Poor Things or Chasing Amy, if that helps at all. And if it doesn't, well, just see it, it's good. You could do worse. You probably already have.

I had the best time watching this film. I loved everything about it. Amazing photography, covino's direction is magnificent. Perfect cast. Dakota johnson is very magnetic. I loved her performance. Adria is very funny. Mike and kyle amazing. The supporting roles on point. Loved every second of it. I may re watch soon. Also love the soundtrack and the camera work. 10/10.