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On the eve of their 25th wedding anniversary, Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) always find new ways to surprise each other. With the knowledge of him, she invited their dearest friends to their summer house for a ceremony for the renewal of wish. In turn, he plans to blind him the same day by asking for a divorce.
So start Netflix The four seasons: A comic look at discomfort and marital maintenance of mid-life following a tiny trio of fifty couples. Corrated by Tina Fey and with the series in eight games, the series in eight games is a remake of the film of the same name Alan Alda in 1981 and also takes place on four picturesque weekend outings in a fateful year. The premise of couples sharing and projects their insecurity, however, underlies innumerable other films – from the brain of Woody Allen from 1992 Husbands and women to the flagrant vehicle of Vince Vaughn 2009 Couples retreat.
Perhaps as a result, The four seasons Find little to say that it is revealing. In his heart is the truism that marriage is a difficult job that rewards some, carries others and challenges everyone, whatever their time and stability. But these well -used feelings are managed slightly by writers and the affable whole.
As the graying man who leaves his wife for a sparkling 32-year-old man (Erika Henningsen), Carrell balances the self -illusion of his character with enough self-awareness to do it more than a simple tired snapshot. Fey and scholarship holder Saturday Night Live The alum will be shared by a natural relationship and a fluctuating dynamic as sardonic kate and neurotic jack – lovers of college whose sufficiency on the crisis of Nick and Anne gives way to a confrontation with their own spark of Gradin.
Elsewhere, Colman Domingo shows a playful side while the suave, sassy Danny, who is less worried about his heart disease than being smothened by her husband as a helicopter. Claude (Marco Calvani) is a composite of various Italian and gay stereotypes in a comedy that becomes too wide.
But there are enough catchy exchanges, fun with liners and moments of uninsuring clumsiness and unexpected hair to ensure that The four seasons is an entertaining spring adventure. That said, scenes of small quarrels and humiliating humiliations can ensure that all viewers are getting closer to their fall years with a long -term partner to burst in cold sweat.
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