Between Us (2012)

Between Us: Directed by Dan Mirvish. With Julia Stiles, Melissa George, Taye Diggs, David Harbour. Two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen in this darkly comedic story of best friends, marriage, love, disappointment and dreams.

“u0026quot;Between Usu0026quot; is a relationship drama. Two thirty-something couples, all friends, have ended up in slightly different places in life, but they are all determined to get through their relationships together. Except, they really donu0026#39;t care. The first weekend, Grace (Julia Stiles) and Carlo (Taye Diggs) visit the more successful Joel (David Harbour) and Sharyl (Melissa George). What is obvious to everyone else is that Joel and Sharyl are putting up a fake façade to hide their unhappiness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGrace and Carlo are both, simultaneously, unaware of their best friendsu0026#39; unhappiness and uncaring so much that they donu0026#39;t care to do anything about it. Except complain. Theyu0026#39;re not being perfect enough hosts for their liking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the future, making it clear that there has been a falling out between these friends, Joel and Sharyl visit Grace and Carlo in their small New York apartment. Joel and Sharyl are still putting up a fake façade, but this time about pretending to like their former friends. Grace doesnu0026#39;t care.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Between Usu0026quot; has been compared to Carnage. Both films are driven by dialogue between two couples, but that is where the similarity ends. u0026quot;Between Usu0026quot; has no comedy and the characters are so ridiculously boring, that I donu0026#39;t care about them. And I shouldnu0026#39;t, they donu0026#39;t care about themselves or anybody else.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is supposed to be a thriller element, keeping us in an air of suspense as to why these two couples, and best friends, have had a falling out. But this fails for many reasons: there is nothing interesting about this falling out, and they donu0026#39;t really act like friends in the first place, so there is no suspense.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBoring people in uncaring friendships and relationships make u0026quot;Between Usu0026quot; a very boring and pointless film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWho Might Like This: People who like slow-paced relationship dramas; people who donu0026#39;t mind script-less dialogue-driven films; adults who want to see unhappy relationships evolve/de-evolve.”