A couple moves in together.
THE MOVE is used with permission from Eric Kissack. Learn more at erickissack.com.
Todd is excited to move into a new place with his girlfriend. They're moving into Todd's dream place, but he's also slightly anxious since he and Kate were having some relationship "hiccups" before they decided to live together.
But as they move in, they discover a strange portal that transports them just a few feet ahead in their space. Todd is freaked out by the portal and wants nothing to do with it. But Kate is fascinated by it, and she wants to stay in the apartment with it. The portal becomes a flashpoint for the pair, with their differences coming to the fore and the couple reaching a turning point in their relationship.
Directed and written by Eric Kissack, this quirky yet relatable sci-fi relationship dramedy is an entertaining, engaging snapshot of a couple openly hashing out their differences, thanks to the presence of a divisive interdimensional portal. Dustin Milligan (SCHITT'S CREEK) and Amanda Crew (SILICON VALLEY) play the couple at the center of the conflict in this two-hander, with Milligan playing the anxious, verbose Todd, who is the opposite of the calmer, competent Kate.
As they enter their new home together, the narrative seems to be an everyday romantic comedy, with a gently aspirational sheen in the cinematography and a well-appointed setting. Sharp, pitch-perfect writing and performances quickly establish Todd and Kate's characters and situation, capturing not just this latest life transition for them but also the small fissures between them that they gloss over through politeness or minimization. But when Todd and Kate discover a "glitch" in their apartment, the groundwork is laid for those tiny cracks to widen into something larger.
That "glitch" is a strange portal that transports those who enter it a few feet away. The comedy in the storytelling comes from how Todd and Kate treat it like an odd quirk of their new living space, as mundane yet annoying as low water pressure or a drawer that won't open or close correctly. They even argue over whether or not it will prevent them from having parties at their home. But as their argument progresses -- and Kate keeps experimenting with the portal's features, much to Todd's consternation -- the portal opens up a larger discussion of their differences, getting heated in emotional intensity.
Crew and Milligan capture not just Todd and Kate's personalities but also the feel of a long-term couple that has seemingly accepted one another's differences, mutually sanding down one another's sharp corners through time and ready to take the next step. They're funny together, with the comfortable banner of a couple. But they also avoid outright conflict, and when faced with an aberration of time and space, they reveal just how different their temperaments and personalities are, as well as their attitudes toward one another's differences.
It's these judgments, more than the actual differences themselves, that suddenly call into question their future together and seems to shift THE MOVE into more serious territory. But just when the discussion turns serious, the portal reveals a new aspect of itself, changing the game altogether. It leaves Todd and Kate on an intriguing cliffhanger of sorts, one that teases at the possibilities of both the couple together and the world they now find themselves in.
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