Another film from Fandango at Home that I have been eyeballing for quite awhile was a comedy called Splitsville. I had seen trailers for this film in the theaters, but it never came around my area. So I knew it would be one I watched eventually. This weekend turned out to be the perfect opportunity.

According to IMDB, “When Ashley asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. Their secret to happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.”

The ensemble of this film was solid with Dakota Johnson, Kyle Marvin, Adria Arjona and Michael Angelo Covino leading the way. These four actors were very solid and had some really good comedic timing. The fight between Marvin and Covino, as shown in the trailer, was extremely well laid out and escalated to a funny pitch.

I was into the story as the film was moving along, but I have to say, without spoiling anything, that I was not fond of where the story went and the final act of the film, while still funny, lost me. I just did not believe what happened would have happened, and it spoiled the first two thirds of the film that I was really enjoying.

Admittedly, it did not totally wreck the film. I am still going to give it a positive review, but the way this wrapped up definitely dragged the score down quite a bit.

3.1 stars