A couple's intimate history unfolds with melancholy, revealing the gritty, bleak erosion of their romance.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video and Paramount+.
Nothing past what an R promises: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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