When Mike's (Michael B. Jordon) marriage falls apart, his two best friends, Jason (Zac Efron), and
Daniel (Miles Teller), decide to make a pact that they will stay single in solidarity. Then Jason meets Ellie (Imogen Poots), Daniel hooks up with his friend/wingman, Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis), and Mike starts sleeping with his ex, Vera (Jessica Lucas). So now they are lying to each other, to themselves, and to their partners.
Who is this movie for? Like it has to be for men, right? It was written and directed by a man and features three male leads with zero three-dimensional female characters. Are the men going to rom-coms now? (Trick question! They've always gone to rom-coms.)
This is basically 40 Days and 40 Nights without the religion. Efron and Jordon are intensely charismatic and Poots does her manic-pixie best but they are all dragged down by the leaden weight that is Teller's anti-likability.
Frankly, this is juvenile, emotionally stunted "comedy" masking deep-seated insecurity and fear of rejection. There's probably a lesson to be learned somewhere in there but damned if I'll provide the emotional labor to unpack it.
It's currently streaming on Starz.
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