Andy Sambergrecently dipped into drama with 2024’sLeeand romantic comedy yearning with 2020’sPalm Springs.
Celeste and Jesse Forevertackles the eternal question: “Can you be friends with your ex?”
We all want to marry our best friend,but relationships often require more than that.
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But not only is this movie aMike Schuruniverse crossover with Samberg and Jones fromParks and RecreationandThe Office.
(Samberg was also in an episode ofParks).
These are some seriously funny people assembled for a soft indie that flexes their dramatic range.
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She complains that if she and Jesse were gay exes, nobody would care if they were friends.
“That would be so funny,” she insists.
Quick, Celeste,what exactly would be funny about that?
Then, Celeste designs a logo for Riley that accidentally looks like a diagram of anal sex.
It’s a scandal at first and then turns Riley into a gay icon.
“You gotta integratethe gaybetter,” Celeste says to him.
Celeste is not unlike many an uptight workaholic heroine who needs a man to loosen up.
Celeste is the one who wanted to get divorced, but Jesse is the one who moves on first.
It’s a tale as old as time.
Never stop, never stopping!
It’s flawed but very lovely,just like the characters themselves.
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