Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the entirety of The Threesome .
From Oh, Hi to Materialists , there’s no shortage of recently released small-to-mid-budget movies excoriating the trials and tribulations of what the modern dating landscape looks like for young people. But where these movies lean into effective satire, Chad Hartigan ’s The Threesome blends comedic beats with delicate vulnerability — a moving combination that feels as true to life as messing up in one’s young adulthood.
It’s a winning balance star Jonah Hauer-King credits to scribe Ethan Ogilby, who makes his feature screenwriting debut.
“[The script] constantly was dealing with that balance of knowing when to have those comedic moments and knowing when to show these people being very vulnerable