Sasha and Paige's co-dependent friendship is tested as Paige gets serious with a guy for the first time.Sasha and Paige's co-dependent friendship is tested as Paige gets serious with a guy for the first time.Sasha and Paige's co-dependent friendship is tested as Paige gets serious with a guy for the first time.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaKristen Bell was originally attached to play Sasha and was forced to drop out after she became pregnant. She was slated to be replaced by Evan Rachel Wood until she became pregnant and dropped out of the role as well.
- Quotes
Sasha: Guess I should've known that as soon as you found someone else to couple up with, that you'd be done with me.
Paige: Sasha, that is not fair. Okay yes, I am less available to you now than I was before when there was no one else in my life and we talked every night till 2 in the morning. But that was always gonna change when one of us met someone. I mean you don't talk to your friends till 2 in the morning anymore, you stop needing that.
Sasha: But you still have that.
Paige: What?
Sasha: You... ah... you still talk to someone till 2 in the morning, it's just him now. Nothing changed for you. It just changed for me. Can you acknowledge that, please?
- ConnectionsReferences Wall Street (1987)
- SoundtracksBaby Don't You Cry
Performed by Fergus & Geronimo
Unfortunately, while this film _is_ called Life Partners, that's not what it's about. It's about one huge fight and their personal lives and how much they suck at leading them. And for the most part it is terribly unfunny. From ten minutes in to one minute until the credits roll, these two are at odds with one another. From mild annoyance to a building sense of angst to complete avoidance, the film does everything it can to let you know in big neon letters that 'THERE BE PROBLEMS'. Paige is controlling, Sasha is coasting through life. Fine. We get it, movie. Except while most relationship comedies give you moments of reprieve where we remember why the two are such good friends and we get to laugh with them, Life Partners just keeps on flashing 'THERE BE PROBLEMS' every time it seems like a laugh is coming along.
The two spend the majority of their time on screen apart. Sasha, a lesbian pining for a better job and a better quality of girlfriend, spends most of her time at work as a desk jockey or with her lesbian friends (one of whom is Gabourey Sidibe, proving for the umpteenth time that she's more than just a teen running with chicken). Paige, meanwhile, goes through the film dealing with the fallout from a minor fender-bender and falling in love with her new boyfriend (Adam Brody, who has always been fantastic at playing Adam Brody and continues to be likable as Adam Brody). You see, Sasha and Paige are best friends, but because of Paige's new love life and Sasha's frustration at the loss of time with her friend 'THERE BE PROBLEMS,' so we barely get to see either woman smile.
The film runs its course with nary a twist or a turn and you wind up exactly where you'd expect, and while both women are truly delightful in their roles, damn if this story doesn't suck all of the life and joy from the predictable proceedings. I'm also very frustrated that a comedic talent as awesome as Julie White has been relegated to playing the wacky mom for the last ten years, but she is still very entertaining as Paige's wacky mom.
Given the stellar performances from its leads, I really wanted to love this film. I just can't. It's never dull or stupid or mean, none of the awkward, cringe-worthy stuff gets drawn out beyond the point of respectability and the film looks good, with slick direction and cheerful settings. It's just not funny.
6/10. All six stars go to the performances of the leads. Everything else is horribly average.
- themaninthealley
- Nov 14, 2014
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- Za vedno
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- Gross US & Canada
- $8,265
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,665
- Dec 7, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $8,265
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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