One of the refreshing things that this script has to offer is the depiction of it's characters without hiding their faults and allowing them to act and speak as real people would. Story starts out in 1993 where a young aspiring filmmaker and animator named Coles (Mark Ruffalo) meets Sam (Maya Strange) while at a party and they engage in a very clumsy menage a trois with Sam's roommate Thea (Kathleen Robertson) but it doesn't go very well. The three of them remain close and Coles and Sam start a very passionate relationship but after time passes things get rocky when Coles admits to sleeping with another woman and then after a party getting it on with Thea!
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Ten years later Coles is living in Manhattan with Claire (Petra Wright) and working in commercials but one day he bumps into Sam and after talking some they agree to get together with Thea and catch up on things. Thea is married to a restaurant owner named Nick (Zach Shaffer) and very happy and while all of them are having dinner it's obvious that Coles has never stopped being in love and while Sam has feelings similar to his it's unknown to everyone that Claire knows what is going on between them.
This film was written and directed by newcomer Austin Chick who is making his debut and his script remains sharp throughout the films duration and gives the viewer characters that are flawed but believable. The script never gives us unreal situations and the scene early in the film of the three of them experimenting with a menage a trois illustrates this by having the character Sam flee after knowing that this is not what she wants. A film that was just trying to sell tickets would have given a more erotic scenario with everyone involved having a good time. This film stays true with it's characters and they're realistic reactions to certain events. For me the strongest scene in the film involves the character Claire confronting Coles after he starts talking of marriage and she tells him that she knows precisely what is going on. It's a well written scene delivered very strongly and accurately by Wright who makes a nice little impact in the film. This film doesn't have any real thought provoking idea's to share but it does possess a script that is both refreshing and humanly accurate in the way it deals with it's characters.
*****SPOILER ALERT*****
Ten years later Coles is living in Manhattan with Claire (Petra Wright) and working in commercials but one day he bumps into Sam and after talking some they agree to get together with Thea and catch up on things. Thea is married to a restaurant owner named Nick (Zach Shaffer) and very happy and while all of them are having dinner it's obvious that Coles has never stopped being in love and while Sam has feelings similar to his it's unknown to everyone that Claire knows what is going on between them.
This film was written and directed by newcomer Austin Chick who is making his debut and his script remains sharp throughout the films duration and gives the viewer characters that are flawed but believable. The script never gives us unreal situations and the scene early in the film of the three of them experimenting with a menage a trois illustrates this by having the character Sam flee after knowing that this is not what she wants. A film that was just trying to sell tickets would have given a more erotic scenario with everyone involved having a good time. This film stays true with it's characters and they're realistic reactions to certain events. For me the strongest scene in the film involves the character Claire confronting Coles after he starts talking of marriage and she tells him that she knows precisely what is going on. It's a well written scene delivered very strongly and accurately by Wright who makes a nice little impact in the film. This film doesn't have any real thought provoking idea's to share but it does possess a script that is both refreshing and humanly accurate in the way it deals with it's characters.