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Confusions of an Unmarried Couple

 

Reviewed by Mike Gagnon

 

Director: Brett Butler and Jason Butler

Written by: Brett Butler

 

Starring: Brett Butler & Naomi Johnson

 

Running Time: 74 Minutes

 

Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama

 

Meet Dan and Lisa, your average modern unmarried couple. Well, not really anymore.

 

Dan’s spent months living on his brother’s couch after walking out on Lisa without saying a word. Dan departed from the couple’s home after walking in on Lisa having a steamy lesbian encounter and walked straight over to his brother’s place. During the time at his brother’s Dan has eked out a life of depression, petty revenge, alcoholism and obsession, all the while having his deepest thoughts and feelings recorded by his brother for posterity. Dan’s brother also interviews Lisa about her thoughts and feelings on the relationship, and these insightful and realistically hilarious clips are often fed to the viewer throughout the movie.

 

At the onset of the story Dan decides to, in his own words, “settle the score”. In reality he returns to the place he once called home and confronts Lisa, who is torn between her guilt for what happened, and her resentment towards Dan for not fighting for her.

 

While the drama unfolds Dan carries out his plan to regain his most important items left behind in the apartment whenever Lisa isn’t looking, all the while pretending to be there in an attempt to reconcile their problems.

 

The heated back and forth debate between the lead characters soon leads to a number of explosive revelations and confessions.

 

Confusions of an Unmarried Couple is at its heart a believable and heartfelt tale that could be taken from the relationship of any random person, all the while still maintaining an admirable level of clever humor, often at the expense of the delicate male psyche.

 

Although not everyone has walked in on their girlfriend chowing down on another lady, anyone who’s been in a relationship can relate to and enjoy this story. Well worth the 74 minutes of your time.

 

Stars: 8 to 10

 

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