Anna and Will, were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday party, as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend makes a drunken toast, suggesting that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lands like a lead balloon, but the thought lingers until Anna proposes that they try opening their relationship – as a sexual experiment.
Acting
Rebecca Hall's micro-expressions carry entire arguments.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like drunk people at parties.
Director
Brian Crano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Brian Crano and actor David Joseph Craig are married; the film grew from conversations about queer friends advising straight couples. The gay characters aren't tragedy devices—they're the functional ones.
Released pre-pandemic, it captures peak '30 is the new 20' Brooklyn millennial malaise—artisanal cocktails, fertility anxiety, and treating relationships like self-optimization projects.
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