1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Great per flick with Ben Shay. Good morning, morning, Ben, 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: Good morning. I would never lose your numbers the absolute 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: top of my contact free style. Whenever there's a movie 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: that needs to be reviewed, there I am. And today 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: it's Splitsville that needs reviewing. Was it a good review? 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: Was it was it a happy review? Was it worth 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: the review? Well, well, let's let's unpack it. So once 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: upon a time you couldn't go to a multiplex without 9 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: encountering dozens of rom coms. You know, it was this 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: much maligned genre, but people loved it. It generates a 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: lot of money at the box office every year, you know, 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: films with your Meg Ryan's and your Tom hanks is 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: and your Matthew mcconaugheyes, and then more recently your Rachel 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: McAdams and your cats Are and heigels. So many of 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: these movies. Not all of them were good. To be honest, 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: most of them were not good. And two serious film 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: critics like myself, we probably you know, really dismissed the genre. 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: But in the last couple of years they really have 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: gone the way of the dodo. They are now an 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: endangered species. Really, ever since the pandemic, they haven't bounced 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: back since since COVID, because I think people realize that 22 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: you can watch these movies at home, on the couch, 23 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: on your streaming platform. You probably don't need to pay 24 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: twenty five bucks a ticket to go and see them 25 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: at the movie And the sad thing about it, and 26 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: it's sad for society honestly that instead of you know, 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: a date night at the cinema, now it's just Netflix 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: and chill. That's that's where we're at as a society. 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: And it makes me a bit sad. But lately we 30 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: have seen a little bit of a resurgence. We saw 31 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: The Materialists, which we spoke about like a month or 32 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: so ago with d Coda Johnsons. Now the Coata Johnson's 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: back in another one's She's the New you know, sort 34 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: of Jalo or Catherine Heigel I think, or Kate Hudson 35 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: the event. She's an interesting case to Coda Johnson because 36 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: it's she. She Everyone seems to like her, but maybe 37 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: people don't really love her as an actress. But but she, 38 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: but she she does a good job in this film. 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: It's basically about two married couples who are going through 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: some issues in one In one case, it's you know, 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: this nice bloke Carrie, who's sweet, good natured, bit naive 42 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: maybe on a road trip with his wife Ashley, and 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: Ashley turns to him and says, you know what, actually 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: I want a divorce. And he's like, oh, you know 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: what's going on? Is there anything we can fix? And 46 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: she's like, you know, like I just I just want 47 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: my life to be a bit more adventurous in the 48 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: in the boudoir, and I don't think you're the guy 49 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: for the job, which is you know, no, no bloke 50 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: wants to hear that. Let's be honest, and he so 51 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: he looks for He looks for a shoulder to cry 52 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: on with his best mate Paul and his wife Julie, 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: who's played by Dakota Johnson. Finds out that they have 54 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: an open marriage, and he thinks to himself, maybe this 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: is the solution. It goes back to his wife and says, look, 56 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: let's try. Let's try an open relationship, and then allows 57 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: her to take lovers into their apartment. He then befriends 58 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: these lovers after she has even kicked them to the curb, 59 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: so ends up with this whole whole collection of blokes 60 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: hanging out at the house. One's a car practor one's 61 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: a life coach, one is a bartender, and they all 62 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: sort of form this little collective of dudes who help 63 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: each other. And so which is which is where the 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: comedy comes in, I guess. But this is not one 65 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: for the school holidays, right, just just checking take the kids. Look, 66 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: it's pretty, it's pretty tame. There's some colorful language, like 67 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: styl Oh you'd have some oh yeah, I think. Look, 68 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: I think some couples will go see this and might 69 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: have some explaining to do. But it's stylistically probably like 70 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: maybe an early Where's Andersen or you know, before he 71 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: got a bit weird, or maybe early Woody Allen before 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: he got too canceled. And so that's probably where this 73 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: film lands. And it's a it's a sort of a 74 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: rom com line. We used to get a lot of. Yeah, 75 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a bit it's a bit fraud 76 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: comparing anybody to Wooly Allen these days, let's be honest. Yeah, 77 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: but so yeah, I think I think fans of those 78 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: rom coms of like sort of the mid naughties, I 79 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: think we'll get something out of this one for sure. 80 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: All Right, Well, how many keys in a bowl? A you're 81 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: giving it? Well, it's honestly like rom coms. You know, 82 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: this was back in the mid naughties. It's probably two stars. 83 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: But because I haven't seen any of these genre for 84 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: so long, I feel really good about it. So I'm 85 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: going to give it three and a half. All right, 86 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: three keys and one broken one all right in the bowl? 87 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: All right? Let make sure you grab the right set 88 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: of keys. Yes, thank you, Ben. I talked you next week.