Synopsis
In Vero Beach, Florida, a trio of couples at various points in their relationships become the subjects of a film about marriage being an antiquated idea that needs a reboot: Why not turn marriage into a seven-year deal with an option to renew?
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Cast
- Lake BellAlice Brewing
- Ed HelmsNoah Brewing
- Mary SteenburgenCybil Burger
- Paul ReiserHarvey Burger
- Amber HeardFanny
- Wyatt CenacZander
- Dolly WellsVivian Prudeck
- Chace CrawfordEgon
- Rae GrayLyn
- Beth GrantPhyllis
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A play-it-safe film, with its chaos a little too controlled. But Bell’s examination of the institution of marriage has it insights, and there are laughs. - 63
Boston Globe
After Lake Bell’s smart, unconventional debut, “In a World. . .” (2013), her new film, I Do . . . Until I Don’t (she apparently likes ellipses in her titles), is disappointingly ordinary. - 50
Movie Nation
Bell has a beguiling, big-grin screen presence. And her ability to charm a cast into taking on her projects is admirable. Charming a script-doctor or two who could joke the films up would be a big help. - 50
Slant Magazine
It’s hard to tell who’s being lampooned and who’s being treated with sincerity at any given point. - 50
The A.V. Club
The outline of a snappy relationship comedy is here, and Bell is talented enough to make one. Maybe next time she’ll commit to it. - 42
The Playlist
Disengaged and detached, the film’s greatest crime may be its inability to make any kind of impression. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Despite some clever writing (Widespread Panic jokes never go out of style), a game cast, and a funny critique of the ethics of documentary filmmaking, I Do … Until I Don’t never rises above the trite characters and well-worn scenarios it depicts. Best to get the annulment papers ready. - 40
TheWrap
Where “In A World…” felt intimate and focused, delightfully dysfunctional but relentlessly hopeful, “I Do” is noisy and meandering.
