The film starts you off in just the appropriate place: in the bedroom of Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) as they initiate sex, then jerk off next to each other to finish the job, only to be interrupted by their son, RJ (RJ Hermes). This hilarious opening sets up our protagonists quite nicely: this is a couple that is honest and comfortable with one another, but they still have their resignations. They have just moved to Los Angeles, and though Alex and Emily are perfectly content with each other's company, they worry about being able to make friends in the area.
When RJ gets invited to a birthday party at the park (an unexplained invite, since they have no friends in the area and he hasn't started school yet), Alex and Emily feel just as out-of-place with the adults as RJ feels with the kids. A chance encounter and a dinner invitation from neighborhood dad Kurt (Jason Schwartzman) and his son Max (Max Moritt) leaves our lonely couple with high hopes of finally having their first friends in a new city. But though the dinner party starts off innocently enough, there is something odd about Kurt and Charlotte, his French wife (Judith Godrèche), and as the night progresses and the kids get put to sleep, Alex and Emily begin to wonder if they've befriended a couple of swingers.
THE OVERNIGHT is a hilariously offbeat portrayal of people just trying to find acceptance. Through drunken conversations and awkward events, the bizarre journey that these characters take will woo you in its own way. And while it definitely has some ridiculous and awkward sexual moments, the plot is reined in by steady relationship development, and some pretty fun characters. Naysayers may not fully appreciate the movie, however, until the very end, which wraps up with an awkward yet realistic reaction from our protagonists.
Overall, it's a fun film, and will, shall I say, "expand" your horizons. THE OVERNIGHT is now playing at the Midtown Cinema!
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