I Give It A Year (2013)
Rated R for Language & Nudity
Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Simon Baker, Anna Faris
Directed & Written by Dan Mazer
The Story:
Newlyweds Nat (Byrne) and Josh (Spall) had a lovely wedding, but now that wedded bliss has set in, it seems to be anything but that. Things are becoming quite irritable between them, and now there is a potential client (Baker) who has a thing for Nat, and she is playing along, not letting him know that she's married. Meanwhile, Josh's ex (Faris) is trying to be supportive, but still crushing on him. The rest of the families are less than enthused with the marriage, and as the title suggests...
Will love win out?
Yes, yes it will.
Just not in the way it probably *should*... it just depends on your point of view.
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| Not Even Cooked! |
Mazer does a great job of really offering you the chance to be both irritated and sympathetic to both spouses throughout this film.
Neither one is particularly much of either, easily alternating between good/snarky right before our eyes. Sometimes by themselves, sometimes with their partner. It's not his/her fault that he/she is that way, they just simply are.
And they don't click.
At all.
Except with other people.
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| Awkward... |
Naturally, they are both too stubborn to see the writing on the wall, and risk jeopardizing their future happiness for trying to make everyone else happy, and not hurt one another.
I'm not sure what great takeaway for marriage they are trying to get across onscreen, except maybe to marry the right one from the start...
: /
It does tend to make life easier though.
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| Merchant Loses His Mind! |
Thankfully, he is used sparingly, yet effectively in the movie.
Now streaming on Netflix as of this writing.
If you dare!
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nah, I'd have to say that once was enough for me on this one. The funny bits were just that, bits. Not enough to want to tackle the movie entirely again.
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