Fresh off her return to Orange is the New Black, Natasha Lyonne is back on the big screen in The Intervention. She stars alongside Cobie Smulders, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, and Alia Shawkat in this dramedy about a weekend getaway where for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.
This film explores the complexities of both relationships and friendships. The Intervention is sure to bring all the couples together while simultaneously breaking them apart in many ways, though none of them look particularly happy at any point in this trailer.
The Intervention was written and directed by co-star Clea Duvall, who is being reunited with her But I’m A Cheerleader co-star Lyonne. The film has already won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance at the Sundance Film Festival alongside Morris from America. Also getting attention is the trailer’s featured song by artists Tegan and Sara, entitled Love You to Death.
Variety, who saw the film during the film festival says, “Once the assembled finally get down to business, Ruby and Peter aren’t at all grateful for the meddling. Furious, Peter impulsively spews a stream of invective indicting everyone else’s hypocrisy in pretending to know what’s best for anyone else’s relationship. They’ve got problems of their own they’re avoiding, not least Annie’s perpetual postponing of her wedding to passive, patient (to a point) Matt. Nor is it especially helpful that the free-spirited, apparently bisexual 22-year-old keeps hitting on Jessie, who’s had a reputation in the past for liking the young ‘uns.”
The Intervention hits theaters on August 26.
