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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
LaBute’s similarly merciless chamber piece turns professional ambition and masculine insecurity into razor-edged conversational warfare, with the same cool, confrontational treatment of emotional cruelty.
02
Why this pick
Its intimate four-person structure, shifting alliances, and brutally candid dialogue make it a strong fit for the sexual bargaining and emotional dishonesty of Your Friends & Neighbors.
03
Why this pick
A deadpan, deeply uncomfortable suburban ensemble about private desires and social facades; its tonal nerve and refusal to soften its characters echo LaBute’s bleak comic bite.
04
Why this pick
This wintry portrait of affluent couples testing boundaries shares the original’s marital dissatisfaction, sexual unease, and observant, unsentimental view of suburban performance.
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Why this pick
Less vicious but equally attentive to self-deception, status, and romantic maneuvering, it delivers a literate ensemble of young adults talking around what they really want.
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01 / THE STORY
Set in an unnamed American city, two urban, middle-class couples deal with their unhappy relationships by shamelessly lying and cheating in their quest for happiness. Jerry (Stiller) is a theater instructor who is married to Terri (Keener), a writer who is alienated and unfulfilled with his love-making skills. Jerry and Terri have dinner with Mary (Brenneman), a writer friend of Terri's, and Mary's husband Barry (Eckhart) a business executive who is oblivious to his wife's unhappiness. During dinner, Mary talks about writing for a local newspaper column about bickering couples and their troubles, while Barry does not think that other couple problems are anyone else's concern. After dinner, Jerry discreetly asks Mary out on a date. Mary, out of frustration, accepts.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Barry
Cary
Mary
Cheri
Jerry
Terri
