Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly takes an unexpected turn - and creates a rift with his fiancée - when he’s hired by a provocative mystery woman.
USA
USA
Started off moody and exciting but ended up strange and flat. I'll see Chris Messina in anything because he should be in EVERYTHING.
Before they were seen together on screen with sharp chemistry in the second half of Celeste and Jesse Forever, Chris Messina and Rashida Jones starred in a much lesser-known drama by the name of Monogamy, in which they also turn in terrific performances.
This is the fictional feature-length film debut of Dana Adam Shapiro, who scored a boatload of accolades in 2005 when he unveiled the documentary, Murderball. He has a nice eye and creates a non-flashy, realistic look at a relationship becoming strained by the man's odd obsession which stems from his new-found take on his repetitive photography job. Messina plays the man in the relationship with a calm confidence (as always), and it's nice to see him really…
No no listen. No no. No no listen. Listen no no. You’re not listening. No no listen. Stop no no listen stop no listen. No listen. I love you. No stop no no no listen
Chris Messina plays the fiancé of Rashida Jones who seems to confuse intimacy with sex.
As a point of interest he is a photographer (who works mostly weddings). He also moonlights as a, I want to say PI, taking candid photos of people who are going about their business and then sells photos back to them. Someone takes the opportunity to make it kinky which sends him into a tailspin.
It's as interesting as it sounds, if that's interesting to you. Hipster problems. Rashida Jones has the most soothing voice and the film has that same kind of energy.
When Monogamy began I thought it seemed like a low-key, somewhat navel-gazing indie about a couple living in NYC. Not exactly groundbreaking stuff. However, I was pleased to find that it quickly dropped hints of being more than that, and that it was trying to subvert expectations. Unfortunately, though, that "darker" element then fell apart almost immediately, leaving me to long for the generic but inoffensive banter of the film's first fifteen minutes.
The film focuses on Chris Messina's character, Theo, who runs an odd business where people pay him to basically stalk them for a set amount of time and take photographs of them going about their day when they don't know he's there. One day he gets an…
The lovely, criminally underrated Chris Messina is one of my favorite Hollywood Chris’s and a certified indie darling. Yet this film about an engaged wedding photographer taking on a risqué assignment was a bit of a snoozer despite the gorgeous stills and handheld snapshots.
i was more invested in whether or not rashida jones' thumb was going to fall off than anything else in this movie
the ending was a little strange but i liked this
listen i love you two i do you’re great actors but this has taught me there is such a thing as too arthouse.....
this film felt like it meant to say a lot about marriage & the complexity of human relations, but failed to do so.
some of the scenes chris messina & rashida jones shared together made the film feel a little bit more bearable, but otherwise, it was just slow & not in the good way. this is the first film i’ve watched in awhile where i found myself asking what the point was.
the concept was interesting but overall this was just sort of a sad, slow movie. good for a tired day, though.
kind of a bit boring and it seems odd with strange ending BUT i’d do everything for chris messina (screaming cryin) THIS IS NOT FUNNY. THE THINGS I WOULD DO FOR HIM.
chris messina for everything
