“Be gay, do crime” exhorts a popular internet meme, a suggestion that married writing/directing duo David Joseph Craig and Brian Cano take literally in I Don’t Understand You, an Italy-set travelogue of errors in which a little bit of bloodshed is just a speed bump on the journey to getting what you want.
Nick Kroll (Big Mouth) and Andrew Rannells (Girls) star as Dom and Cole, prospective parents in the running to adopt from a ready-to-pop birth mother, Candice (Amanda Seyfried) who is eager to find the right couple to raise her unborn child, but still undecided. Having suffered through the process going awry once, the husbands are reasonably nervous about their shot this time around, but head off on a romantic Italian vacation to take their mind off things and celebrate their tenth anniversary. After Candice informs them that they’re the exact right fit to raise the...
Nick Kroll (Big Mouth) and Andrew Rannells (Girls) star as Dom and Cole, prospective parents in the running to adopt from a ready-to-pop birth mother, Candice (Amanda Seyfried) who is eager to find the right couple to raise her unborn child, but still undecided. Having suffered through the process going awry once, the husbands are reasonably nervous about their shot this time around, but head off on a romantic Italian vacation to take their mind off things and celebrate their tenth anniversary. After Candice informs them that they’re the exact right fit to raise the...
- 3/10/2024
- by Rocco T. Thompson
- DailyDead
It becomes obvious from the opening scene that the central characters in Brian Cano's romantic dramedy Permission have relationship issues. We see longtime couple Anna (Rebecca Hall) and Will (Dan Stevens) engaging in some missionary-style, rudimentary sex that ends all too quickly. As soon as it's over, Will turns over and Anna asks what must surely be a recurring question: "Where's the remote?"
Permission is the latest cinematic attempt to explore the issue of monogamy in relationships. Unlike so many previous films that exploited the topic for ribald comedy, this effort adopts a more serious, at times even mournful tone....
Permission is the latest cinematic attempt to explore the issue of monogamy in relationships. Unlike so many previous films that exploited the topic for ribald comedy, this effort adopts a more serious, at times even mournful tone....
- 2/6/2018
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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