In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
- Robert Cartwright
- (as Thomas Stokes)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the end credits, director Drake Doremus dedicates the movie to Anton Yelchin who passed away in 2016 and co-starred in his movie Like Crazy (2011).
- Quotes
Gabi Silva: I think we're going to get bored of each other.
Martin Hallock: That's okay. You know, bored is okay.
Gabi Silva: We're going to resent each other, too.
Martin Hallock: We'll remind each other why we're worth it.
Gabi Silva: I will disappoint you.
Martin Hallock: I will disappoint you.
Gabi Silva: You promise?
Martin Hallock: Yes.
- Crazy creditsThe dedication «for Anton "into the jungle"» might be related to actor Anton Yelchin who died in 2016 and was directed by Drake Doremus on Like Crazy (2011)
- SoundtracksCall it love (if you want to)
Performed by George Fitzgerald
So ... do you think that works out well for them?
This movie has some things going for it. Hoult and Costa are really quite good ... Costa especially ... and neither will disappoint in the film's numerous and quite explicit sex scenes. The style, impressionistic with very close, hand-held jittery cam, makes the early sequences pretty exciting, and the film goes quite some way towards recreating the rush of physical attraction and first love.
This relationship is not very interesting though. The really quite charming actors are not given characters that ever have much of interest to say, so it's tough to invest much in their relationship. Once the open relationship starts going south and Danny Huston enters the film, you're almost routing for the Huston/Costa pairing to prevail since he's actually given decent things to say. The film reaches a conclusion, but it's not a very compelling one since you don't really care about this couple and the issues that drove them into an open relationship are never really resolved anyway.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $124,783