Plot
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 7.0/10 (242 voted)
Critic's Score: 68/100
Director: Patrick Brice
Stars: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman
Storyline
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Cast: Adam Scott -
Alex
Taylor Schilling -
Emily
R.J. Hermes -
RJ
Kyle Field -
Wade
Sarah DeVincentis -
Dawn
Sophia Alison -
Birthday Party Guest #1
Ally Anderson -
Birthday Party Guest #2
Nancy Dillon -
Birthday Party Guest #3
Avalon Economon -
Birthday Party Guest #4
Abbie Gill -
Birthday Party Guest #5
Gail Honeystein -
Birthday Party Guest #6
Bit Kernodle -
Birthday Party Guest #7
Bianca Rodriguez -
Birthday Party Guest #8
Frankie Scott -
Birthday Party Guest #9
Asya Vartanian -
Birthday Party Guest #10
Taglines:
pucker up
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 19 June 2015
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Trivia:
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User Review
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Rating:
While The Overnight has a few flaws in its execution, the chemistry
among the principal actors comes close to making up for them. Having
just moved to Los Angeles, Alex (Adam Scott), Emily (Taylor Schilling),
and their son R.J. (R.J. Hermes) are eager to extend their social
circle. When they meet Kurt (Jason Schwartzman), he invites them all
over for an overnight playdate with his wife Charlotte (Judith
Godréche) and Max (Max Moritt). After their children go to sleep for
the night, the evening becomes increasingly weird and suburban
debauchery ensues. It's the awkward bromance that begins to develop
between Alex and Kurt that ends up driving the narrative. Scott is
great at playing the slightly neurotic everyman, and he explores his
character's insecurities about his masculinity (or in Alex's words, his
abnormally small dick) with his usual brand of self-deprecating charm.
The character of Kurt is the quintessential Los Angeles hipster, and
Schwartzman completely owns it. His effortless cool perfectly
complements Scott's nervous tension, and the scenes in which these two
bond over art and their penises (both Scott and Schwartzman don
prosthetic dongs in a memorable skinny dipping scene) are hilarious.
Schilling and Godréche offered solid performances, but their characters
didn't seem as fleshed out as their male counterparts. It's not a
perfect film, but it offers a unique and funny story about what people
are willing to do in order to strengthen a marriage. –Alex Springer
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