Written and Directed by: Lynn Shelton
Starring: Mark Duplass, Alycia Delmore,
and Joshua Leonard
Ben and Anna, played by Mark Duplass (Greenberg, The Puffy Chair, TV's "The League") and Alycia Delmore, are a happily married couple on the verge of trying to have a child. Suddenly, Ben's old friend, Andrew, played by Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), shows up at their home in the middle of the night needing a place to stay. While drunk at a party, Ben and Mark agree to film a themselves engaging in a sex scene together for an upcoming pornographic festival. The film follows the days to come, as their friendship, plus the relationship between Ben and Anna, are tested as both decide they want to go through with the plan.
This film belongs in a rising independent sub-genre known as mumblecore, which consists of extremely-low budgets, highly improvised acting, actors playing versions of themselves, and following 20 somethings through a period in their life. While many critics and audience members seem to write off this genre, I find myself oddly drawn to it. From what I've heard, this is one of the best mumblecore offerings out there, and I would seem to agree, even though I haven't seen many films in this genre. It is very interesting to see the surprisingly realistic reasons why these two straight men want to engage in a homosexual act, and how much these characters go through in deciding if they can follow through or not. All three leads give excellent performances, but I would like to give special recognition to Duplass, who I believe is someone to keep an eye out on in the very near future.
What do you think, interested in seeing this film?
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