Confusions
of an
Unmarried Couple
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Confusions of an
Unmarried Couple is part comedy and part drama and all heart...or
some other organ that guides our actions. Butler Brothers Brett
and Jason co-directed this story about the relationship of Lisa (Naomi M. Johnson)
and Dan (Brett M. Butler) delivered
in a strange package of video interviews, flashbacks and
filmed confrontation. It's
the story of an engaged couple who has broken up because after proposing
to Lisa, Dan catches her in the act with another woman. Months of
soul searching go by before Dan is ready to confront Lisa and determine
where their relationship will go, but has he waited too long? Does
Lisa even want to see Dan anymore? As with many of life's
questions, it's a mystery. In this case, it's a mystery that Dan
hasn't even considered.
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For a low budget, independent film, the quality of Confusions of an
Unmarried Couple was actually surprisingly good. It took me a
while to get used to the quality shifts when they went from video camera
interviews to filmed 'real time' action, but once I settled into the
mechanics, it was really a pretty cool way of presenting a story. The audio
was good. The songs on the soundtrack were very professional
sounding and fit the movie better than a lot of songs that get put into
low budget films. However, none of that really matters as much as
the dialog, which is very open and at times brutally humorous. I
can't help but compare Confusions of an Unmarried Couple to Kevin
Smith's Clerks. Even though the two movies are completely
different in terms of story, they are similar in their approach and in
the way they push the topics of thought and conversation in an
uncomfortable direction to make you laugh. The Butler Brothers
really capture some of the bizarre nature of relationships in a way that
I have not seen before. If you enjoy movies like Clerks, Confusions
of an Unmarried Couple is worth checking out.
Gore-o-meter
rating: 0 out of 5 (no gore)
Skin-o-meter:
0 out of 5
(no nudity)
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