![]() ![]() Your Place or Mine is less “will they or won’t they?” and more “why didn’t they?”.įear is what tethers Debbie and Peter, and it’s also what keeps them apart. And that’s OK - enjoyable, even - because McKenna constructs a tight narrative around the couple. Fifteen minutes into Your Place or Mine, we know where the story is heading. Their bond is indeed so strong that each of Peter’s ex-girlfriends - all of whom dump him after six months - know about Debbie despite having never met her. His apartment - unlike Debbie’s warm home filled with years of memories and things - is a barren luxury condo in Brooklyn with killer views of the Manhattan Bridge.ĭespite their laundry list of differences and hundreds of miles of between them, Debbie and Peter have managed to nurture their platonic relationship. Peter is a brand consultant who lives in New York now because of a fear of earthquakes (or so he repeatedly says). Her last marriage to a mountain climber didn’t work out he wanted adventure and she wanted stability. In the present day, Debbie is an accountant and single mother to Jack (Wesley Kimmel). They maintain a 20-year friendship instead. The two have sex, but don’t end up together. They bond over a shared love of literature. She is strong-willed and independent he’s a bit more of a wayward soul. Peter (Kutcher), an aspiring writer and emotionally disconnected man she beats in poker, thinks that’s very cool. ![]() We can tell it’s 2003 - not because of the fashion choices the film cheekily points out through arrows and lists, but because Debbie could save enough in her 20s to own her place. The film opens with a poker game in Los Angeles at the home of Debbie (Witherspoon). But for the most part it doesn’t want to surprise or be more clever than the viewer it aims to please, and in doing so helps re-energize the romantic comedy. There are a couple of instances of subversion, moments when Your Place or Mine winks and pokes fun at itself. The film returns to the genre’s blueprint and sticks with it. It’s a breezy charmer - the kind of movie these obits have been mourning over the years. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoë Chao, Wesley Kimmelĭirector-screenwriter: Aline Brosh McKenna ![]()
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