

A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
Writing
Sharp dialogue skewering therapy-speak as relationship currency.
Acting
Westfeldt's chaotic warmth colliding with Messina's anxious precision.
Director
Robert Cary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the peak of 'therapy culture' boom—when emotional vocabulary became relationship performance art.
Westfeldt also wrote Kissing Jessica Stein; this continues her exploration of unconventional relationship structures.