Ex-Husbands (2023)

I've long been a fan of Griffin Dunne, which led us to this dramedy about a man, mourning the end of his marriage, who crashes his son's bachelor party in Mexico. I think Jack and I liked it? WE saw it over a month ago. Rosanna Arquette, James Norton, Miles Heizer, and Richard Benjamin are among the cast.

Noah Pritzker directs from his own script. I did jot down that women are given short shrift. The soundtrack by Robin Coudert, a French man apparently also known as ROB, is not available online.

After I profiled Dunne in The Great Buck Howard, he's been in over a hundred projects, notably eight episodes of House of Lies, eight of I Love Dick, and 47 of This Is Us. Arquette has even more credits than Dunne, particularly starring in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), appearing with Dunne in After Hours the same year, Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Norton, a Brit who here uses a very good American accent was in Little Women, though I didn't write that in these pages. Heizer is best known to me as Drew in 103 episodes of Parenthood. The reliable Benjamin is perhaps best known for Goodbye Columbus (1970) Diary of a Mad Housewife (1971), the title role in Portnoy's Complaint (1972), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Deconstructing Harry (1997). This is Pritzker's second feature and Coudert has dozens of credits.

Rotten Tomatoes's critics aren't in love with this, averaging 78%, but its audiences are happier at 86. We rented it on July 20.