Your Place or Mine (2023) - Review
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Erin Simkin / Netflix © 2022
Directed by: Aline Brosh McKenna
Written by: Aline Brosh McKenna
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoë Chao, Wesley Kimmel, Griffin Matthews, Rachel Bloom, Shiri Appleby, Vella Lovell, Tig Notaro, Steve Zahn
Runtime: 109 min
Synopsis: Debbie (Reese Witherspoon) and Peter (Ashton Kutcher) are best friends and total opposites. She craves routine with her son in LA; he thrives on change in NY. When they swap houses and live for a week, they discover what they think they want might not be what they really need.
Erin Simkin / Netflix © 2022
Editor's Note: Original review was written for InSession Film. Full article can be found below.
REVIEW SUMMARY
Your Place or Mine is a more than satisfying rom-com. Aline Brosh McKenna manages to elevate the genre's narrative formulas with her personal, intelligent storytelling, offering an unusual point of view for the emotional growth between two protagonists separated for practically the entire runtime. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher deliver good performances, along with the rest of the amusing cast, taking advantage of the long takes to flex their acting muscles. Predictable and lacking memorable messages, but I couldn't recommend it more for fans of the genre.
