Debuting at the Cannes Film Festival, Splitsville is a new romantic comedy from Michael Angelo Covino, who co-wrote the script with Kyle Marvin. Both Marvin and Covino star in the film opposite Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona and it is a twisted look at love.
Carey (Marvin) and Ashley (Arjona) are driving to visit their friends, Paul (Covino) and Julie (Johnson). On the way there, Ashley and Carey get into an accident after trying to spice up their love life and it sets the tone for the rest of the film, which is all about loving what you have and realizing what you want out of your partner.
A lot of the movie is from Carey’s perspective. Ashley left him and he’s struggling to find some kind of balance in his life but the entire film is a hilarious look at love and what we think the perfect “couple” consists of. Even the couple who has it all struggles and I love that Splitsville used humor to explore what being in love really means.
For a film about how four adults cannot figure out their lives, it was way more entertaining than I thought it would be. It’s a movie about romance and is funny so by nature it is called a romantic comedy but it does lean more heavily into the comedy realm throughout its hour and forty minute runtime. But even when the movie is just Carey being too involved in his ex’s life still, you find yourself laughing at the antics of these four “friends.”
Romance isn’t perfect
What makes Splitsville so fun is that you never quite know where these four people are going to go next. I went into Splitsville knowing very little about it. I was hooked by Arjona and Johnson being a part of it and that was enough for me. And it made my experience watching it that much richer. I didn’t know what to expect and that really benefitted Splitsville.
It is cute, funny, and a reminder that there is no one way to experience romance and love. It’s a quirky way of looking at a romantic comedy and just ended up being a really fun time at the cinema.
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