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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A warmly awkward, offbeat romantic comedy about people confronting the relationships they have settled for. Its indie-scale humor, emotional uncertainty, and affection for imperfect social interactions closely suit Save the Date.
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Why this pick
Greta Gerwig brings a similarly messy, funny, post-engagement sense of romantic drift to this character-led indie comedy, with friendships and self-definition carrying as much weight as the love life.
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Why this pick
Like Save the Date, it finds humor and tenderness in an adult woman resisting a life script that no longer feels right, with loose, naturalistic performances and low-key emotional stakes.
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Why this pick
An intimate Brooklyn-set romantic comedy with candid reproductive-life stakes, sharp jokes, and a genuinely caring new connection. It shares Save the Date’s willingness to let its heroine be uncertain and complicated.
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Why this pick
Its small cast, sibling tensions, romantic crossed wires, and conversational looseness make it a strong fit for Save the Date’s emotionally tangled, gently comic indie sensibility.
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01 / THE STORY
Sisters Sarah (Lizzy Caplan) and Beth (Alison Brie) are in relationships with bandmates Andrew (Martin Starr) and Kevin (Geoffrey Arend). Beth is making plans for her wedding with Andrew. Sarah, an artist, moves in with Kevin but struggles to overcome her ambivalence. At a performance by Kevin, Sarah is approached by Jonathan (Mark Webber (actor)), who has a crush on her and has been hanging around the bookstore she manages. He decides to approach her but withdraws when he overhears she's living with Kevin. Kevin, ignoring warnings from Andrew, proposes to Sarah from the stage. Overwhelmed, she moves out and gets her own apartment. She talks to Jonathan at the bookstore and a new relationship blossoms. Beth, in the meantime, has become obsessive about her upcoming wedding plans, causing friction with Andrew and Sarah. Sarah feels isolated when she discovers she's pregnant and pulls away from Jonathan without explanation. She eventually tells Beth, who seems to take it as an attempt to ruin her wedding plans. At this point Sarah has a first solo show of her work. Andrew, Kevin, and Jonathan all attend, but Beth doesn't. The opening at the gallery acts as a catalyst, and all things come to a head. Andrew gets angry at Beth for not showing up at gallery. He wakes to find a note from Beth who is waiting for him at the synagogue. Meanwhile, Kevin shows up at Sarahs apartment and wants to date her again. Sarah rejects him saying that she is pregnant and the child is not his. The next day Kevin beats up Jonathan at his aquarium, but later apologizes and tells him everything. Beth and Andrew postpone their wedding. Sarah visits the hospital to get an abortion. Beth meets Sarah over there and Sarah decides to drop the idea. When Sarah reaches home she finds Jonathan with her cat who was missing. She kisses him and the movie ends with Sarah saying "Jonathan".
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Beth
Andrew
Isabelle
Benjie
Mom
Trevor
Sarah
Jonathan
