Monogamy
Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Rashida Jones) and bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) begins a side business, clandestinely snapping voyeuristic photos of his clients.
A sexy exhibitionist client leads Theo into an all-consuming obsession, and as he follows her, he is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home.
Winner of the Jury Award for the Best NY Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival and Nominated for Best First Screenplay at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
"A thoughtful and engrossing character study." - Cinematical
Running Time
99 mins
Year
2011
Kanopy ID
5575145
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Comments (9)
Texture of movie is great, good acting, hero amazingly ungrounded, not a keeper
I downvote wmxf
Lots of unnecessary profanity, very slow movie, and the end is so confusing.
The reason I gave this 4 stars was because of the quality of the acting, especially the leads, Rashida Jones and Chris Messina. But that said, they're working with a script that needs a lot of work. Superficially, it would appear to be about Theo's obsession with one of his subjects. But on ...Read more
The reason I gave this 4 stars was because of the quality of the acting, especially the leads, Rashida Jones and Chris Messina. But that said, they're working with a script that needs a lot of work. Superficially, it would appear to be about Theo's obsession with one of his subjects. But on thinking about it, it's the way he is so willing and susceptible to creating an entire narrative about her and her life which seems dark and mysterious (and ends by being rather banal) because he is so afraid of what his own life *might* become. But there are so many holes in his story that we're left scratching our heads at what his motivation(s) might be.
Read lessThis movie is barebones for the audience to see how Theo deals with his upcoming engagement. This is a cliched story but the twist of the client adds a good element that I have never seen in this storyline. I think the end wraps up nicely and reinforces the main couple's romance, at least to ...Read more
This movie is barebones for the audience to see how Theo deals with his upcoming engagement. This is a cliched story but the twist of the client adds a good element that I have never seen in this storyline. I think the end wraps up nicely and reinforces the main couple's romance, at least to Theo. This movie moves slowly because there is nothing else Shapiro wants us to focus on. It is just as the title states, a movie about Monogamy and all the things attached to it. I'd recommend this to those in a dead bedroom setting as a reminder that the traditional will not always be sustainable in the long term. 4 stars.
Read lessGood
Unexpected ending.
They tried but naw
Yawn...........head falls hard.