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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah

Oh, Hi! review – promising romantic comedy takes awkward turn into farce

Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman in Oh, Hi!
Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman in Oh, Hi! Photograph: Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman) are a thirtysomething couple enjoying an almost absurdly romantic weekend upstate. They’re singing in the car (she’s Dolly, he’s Kenny), making out in the lake and enjoying a candle-lit dinner outside (he made scallops!), all the while learning more about each other. It’s intriguingly unclear just how long they’ve been together with exposition unusually minimal as the scene is set. Shouldn’t he or she know this already? Just how in love are these two?

It’s at least clear that they’re still incredibly, at times uncontrollably, horny for each other and when they happen upon some BDSM gear, they decide to indulge. A sex game then leaves Isaac chained to the bed just as we discover just what stage their relationship is at: Iris thinks they’re exclusive but Isaac isn’t really looking for anything serious …

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