Couples Weekend review – Alexandra Daddario annd Josh Gad lead spicy comedy of marital melee

Two couples start to fall apart during a midwinter break, involving a lot of shouty dialogue that’s neither realistic nor funny The interesting premise in this laborious and dispiriting relationship dramedy sadly leads nowhere; all we get is strained shouty dialogue and mugging performances in a film which succeeds neither in being funny or realistic. Alexandra Daddario (from TV’s The White Lotus) is Debs, a book editor with dreams of being an author herself; her platonic best pal from college is Mitch (Josh Gad), a schlubby guy climbing the ladder in investment banking, and maybe nursing feelings for Debs he can never admit. They go to a cosy, picturesque woodland cabin for New Year’s with their respective partners; Debs is with hunky nature photographer Josh (Daveed Diggs) and Mitch is with Melanie (Ashley Park), uptight author of a bestselling cookbook called Emotional Eating (a good title, actually). Continue reading...

Couples Weekend review – Alexandra Daddario annd Josh Gad lead spicy comedy of marital melee

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