Wes and Nancy are a married academics couple. One day they host Nancy's long-ago lover Matt and his current sexy girlfriend Kim. Matt is a musician and Kim is a computer specialist who helped Matt to make some discovery in his science. Wes suspects Kim of stealing 50 dollars from him and that starts tension, intrigues, mistrust.
Acting
David Strathairn's simmering passive-aggression is magnificent.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes academic jargon against itself.
Director
Jonathan Kaufer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was playwright Jonathan Kaufer's only feature film; he was better known for writing the Broadway comedy 'It's Only a Play.'
The film captures a specific late-90s moment when 'indie film' meant talky relationship dramas shot in actual houses.
US
