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Cult Review
Senior Film Conservator
If you have a soft spot for grainy, old-fashioned romps that don’t take themselves too seriously, maybe. Fans of The Marriage Speculation will probably find some familiar rhythms here. But if you need modern pacing or an actual plot that makes sense, keep walking. You’ll probably hate this if you get annoyed by people constantly running through doorways for no reason.
The whole thing feels like it was filmed during a lunch break. George Sidney is doing a lot of heavy lifting with his eyebrows, and honestly, it’s kind of hypnotic.
There’s a scene about halfway through—or maybe it was twenty minutes in, who knows—where Lena Malena just stands in a room looking confused while a door slams behind her. It lingers way longer than it should. It’s weirdly charming, even if the timing is completely off.
It reminds me a bit of Scrambled Weddings, but with less focus and more shouting. The movie gets noticeably better once it stops trying to explain why everyone is divorcing and just lets the chaos happen. There’s a specific moment where a vase breaks and nobody even reacts to it. Just keeps walking. That’s the real highlight for me.
It’s not a masterpiece. It’s barely a movie, really. It feels more like a captured performance of a play that nobody actually rehearsed. You can see the actors looking off-camera, probably checking if the coffee is ready or if the director has fallen asleep.
I wouldn’t watch it again, but I’m not exactly mad I watched it once. 🤷♂️