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Sep 1, 2017 · Director Lake Bell. Writer Lake Bell (screenplay) Country United States. Languages English. Studios Cold Iron Pictures + 1 more. Genres Comedy. Happily Ever After Is a Lot to Ask. In Vero Beach, Florida, a trio of couples at various points in their relationships become the subjects of a film about marriage being an antiquated idea that needs a ...
Aug 30, 2017 · It’s frustrating to watch a film so quickly hampered by a miserable premise, because Bell’s talents as a director are immediately apparent. Though much of I Do…Until I Don’t is centered on dialogue scenes between two people, the film is full of small, psychologically purposeful camera movements and crisply edited banter. Bell’s ...
Sep 1, 2017 · Despite some clever writing (Widespread Panic jokes never go out of style), a game cast, and a funny critique of the ethics of documentary filmmaking, I Do … Until I Don’t never rises above the trite characters and well-worn scenarios it depicts. Best to get the annulment papers ready.
Aug 31, 2017 · Lake Bell’s impressively personalized rom-com—she wrote it, directed it, and stars in it—delivers a warmly satisfying resolution without showing how it gets there.
Until I Don't" (2017 release; 103 min.) brings the story of a British woman doing a documentary about the state of marriage. As the movie opens, Vivian, the British woman, is giving a presentation to a group of people in Vero Beach, FL. Vivian wonders if there is support to making marriage a 7 year deal with a renewal option.
And then there’s Cybil and Harvey (Mary Steenburgen, Paul Reiser), a pair of empty-nesters wondering what the next stage will be. As the manipulative filmmaker (Dolly Wells) attempts to show how marriage is outmoded, the couples she interviews discover the “do’s” and “don’t’s” in their own relationships.
