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Best movie of this year hands down!

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

6.5, so above average. I'd recommend never reading the reviews for this movie before you watch it. I barely read the description, because I was told "the less you know, the better", and it's extremely important for this movie. I think it'll even be boring upon a second watch, now that I don't have to think and guess as I had upon the first. So, major spoilers. You have been warned. I have many complaints and many great things to say about this movie, but like the miserable couple in it, I will focus on the bad parts. So, what I gather from the premise is, there are always one couple in the house/quest house that can't leave, because their relationship is not strong enough. And, when some new couple come visit,(guided by some psychopath Doctor Who-ish therapist) the trapped couple tries to switch places with them. They do so, by taking on an idealized form of the new couple, the female seducing the male and so on... And then, when the new couple's relationship is weakened because the trapped couple's fake personalities appears to be so much more awesome than their partner's, the trapped couple can leave, making the "new" couple become the trapped ones instead. This left so many questions, that will frustratingly never be answered. 1) How do the trapped couple shape shift into the idealized forms of the other couple? Is it magic? Quantum mechanics? I don't know, and neither does the movie. 2) So at the end, the male lead realizes that he has escaped with the idealized version of Moss by mistake. He decides to just roll with it, since his original wife coldly and knowingly decided to stay with his fake version - I totally get that. What I don't get is the fake Moss-character's decision to stay with him after she escaped. What's in it for her? She must've gone insane trying to keep up the idealized act forever, given that she is also a real person, who had another life before.3) Related to the one above, are the shape shifting permanent? Do they have permanent fake personalities as well, never being able to reclaim the life they had before? Are they forced to do this, simply because they wanted a better relationship?! 4) What point is the therapist trying to make? After all, all of the couples entering the house/guest house, will have their relationship destroyed, and then be forced to shape shift into a stranger's idea of perfection. They don't get anything fixed, only cruel punishment awaits.Some people say this movie would've been better as a short. I say this movie would've been better as a horror. It was, in fact, recommended to me, because I was searching for a scary movie(damn you, Metafilter, and your ever so tame idea of "scary stuff"). I'll never forget the creeped out feeling I got when I saw Kate Moss holding a babushka, realizing that this would be about doppelgängers, but sadly not knowing that it was intended to be a drama-mystery- comedy. Thus, I sat there waiting in glee for some revelation of the terrible creatures behind the perfect facades, or some build-up to an incredibly freaky psychological horror. They could've done so much with this! I wish they were aliens or something, with a slow, scary revelation of creepy habits, that would make the couple regret their decisions. Or maybe they could've just played around with the surreal feeling of being with your partner, but not really, and the surreal states and psychology that follows living with a fantastic being, that knows it's not real. Yet the simple concept of the movie stayed as minimalist as it was when it begun. Shame.And one last thing. The Kate Moss-character was surprisingly, well, stupid - the fact that she turned out to be "right" in the end didn't prevent me from strongly disliking her, in all her "but if it feeeeels right"- pretensions. I actually thought what she did was worse than the male character cheating, but most of all, I just couldn't connect with her. She lacked both curiosity and fear in a way I found unbelievable, and I actually understood her shape shifter-version much better.

The One I love started off pretty interesting after the couple that are the focus of the film are sent to a country house by their psychiatrist to try to patch up their differences.I recently watched Coherence and this film went a bit Coherence-y when the couple discover an alternate version of themselves living in the guest house of the country home.Although the 'rules' are never explained, it seems (in the beginning at least anyway) that only one of the couple can go in at a time and whichever one goes in sees the alternate version of their spouse. In other words, whenever the husband goes into the guest house he only ever sees the alternate version of his wife but never himself, and vice versa.This makes up the bulk of the film, with them each taking turns at going in and interacting with the alternate version of their spouse. It's here that the pace slows and the whole thing becomes quite dull and repetitive. I lost interest quite early on and the film never got any better. At the end the alternate versions of them reveal that they knew what was going on the whole time and that in order for the alt versions to leave the guest house which they are trapped in, the original versions of the couple must take their place. What complicates matters is that the original version of the wife is falling in love with the alternate version of the husband, which was pretty predictable. The ending, where it turns out the husband unknowingly left with the alternate version of his wife was obvious and predictable too.Overall I was pretty disappointed with this film. Like Coherence, the concept was good but it was executed poorly.

In an attempt to save their marriage, Duplass and Moss retreat to a beautiful secluded estate, with a guest house that challenges whether or not they'll ever be able to fulfill each other's expectations of partnership. Commendable for its originality and ability to force the viewer to reflect on love; but it gets lost too quickly in genre-shuffle (dry-comedy, drama and romance iced with THE TWILIGHT ZONE), and the execution is just so poorly done that it's difficult to maintain an open-mind. Ted Danson plays the therapist who recommends the getaway spot. ** (out of four)

This movie took me for some loops. The whole time I was thinking I was in the twilight zone! I loved this movie and have made my friends all watch it over and over again with me.If you enjoy movies that make you ask questions, you will love this one!The set is beautiful and I would love to see it in person. The actors were chosen so perfectly..... I can't imagine anybody else playing the roles of Sophie and Ethan, Elisabeth moss is my absolute favorite.I really enjoyed this movie because it left me wanting more and more and more! If you are into more creative film, this is the movie for you.