In the opening scene of Michael Angelo Covino’s 2020 friendship dramedy “The Climb,” Kyle Marvin’s character, Kyle, has his relationship implode during an arduous journey — on bicycles — when his best friend Mike (Covino) confesses that he slept with Kyle’s fiancee. Covino’s follow-up to “The Climb,” the comedic marriage farce “Splitsville,” opens with Marvin’s character, Carey, seeing his relationship implode during another journey — by car — when his new wife Ashley (Adria Arjona) announces she wants a divorce.

Both trips start out as joyous adventures before turning suddenly harrowing, emotionally and physically, but in “Splitsville,” the comedy is bigger and broader, the scope larger. It’s an appropriate heightening for the sophomore feature from the creative team of Covino and Marvin

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