SCREENRANT REVIEW: I Was Blown Away By This Indie Rom-Com's Freshly Contemporary & Relatable Take On Navigating Marriage Today
At first, the martial drama of You, Me & Her feels like the doldrums of long-term relationships we've watched onscreen many times before. What unfolds throughout the indie dramedy is an honest and empathetic take on finding avenues of self-expression and growth within a committed relationship. You, Me & Her is taking no moral stance on monogamy or opening up a relationship. While the sexual component of the film is critical to opening the characters up to new sides of themselves, it's these new sides that are the most interesting.
In recent years, there's been no shortage of movies that candidly discuss threesomes and the struggle of keeping the spark of a marriage alive. What differentiates You, Me & Her from the rest is that just when you think it's going to lean on heteronormative stereotypes or make us side with either Mags (Selina Ringel) or Ash (Ritesh Rajan), it subverts expectations. While Mags initially falls into the role of controlling wife and Ash is the apathetic and responsibility-averse husband, even when we know nothing about them, it's clear this isn't the whole story.