The One I Love (2014)

The One I Love: Directed by Charlie McDowell. With Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson, Kiana Cason. A troubled couple vacate to a beautiful getaway, but bizarre circumstances further complicate their situation.

“The One I Love isnu0026#39;t the easiest film to review without giving too much away, so Iu0026#39;ll be brief with the details. A couple who are coming apart at the seams, are given a getaway destination by their therapist to heal their relationship and rekindle their passion for one another — but this is no ordinary destination. In what would be a great short film or half hour TV slot, this runs completely out of steam by the 45 minute mark and drags its repetitive corpse with its thin narrative threads to the feature finish line. It tries to deconstruct a failing relationship with a clever gimmick, but has nowhere to go but in circles and just becomes obnoxious. This feels more like a filmmaking exercise than an actual film and Moss and Duplass donu0026#39;t feel believable as a couple – thereu0026#39;s little content for them to work with and they canu0026#39;t outwit a gimmick that has nowhere to go.”