SummaryA story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will effect their lives forever.
SummaryA story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will effect their lives forever.
They can get too caught up in characterizations that render each a bit one-note (Susan’s hippie sensibilities, Joe’s type-A machismo, Anna’s selfish resentment, and Tom’s martyrdom), but we forgive this reality because the story deals in contrasts. They’re intentionally opposites as couples and individuals for a reason.
You all too vividly feel the strenuous efforts of everyone involved, from the actors struggling to bring life to their one-note characters while hitting all their marks to the cinematographer keeping his camera aimed exactly where it's supposed to be.
The actors gamely strive for conversational naturalism, but what they say matters little because you never sense anything other than an environment rigged to explode, rather than nurtured into emotional relevance.