"Yes, We’re Open" is an intimate tale about a San Francisco couple who question their relationship early one morning when their usual sex romp between-the-sheets just plain fizzles out.
Coincidentally, a day or two later, the attractive twosome are invited to a small dinner party where a “modern couple” proceed to put “the moves” on them.
The unexpected encounter triggers a deep conversation about the sexual mores of the day.
“Maybe we should be more modern, too,” the gal’s hubby utters up one evening.
At this point, they engage in a heart-to-heart in a bold-faced effort to be honest and straightforward about what is lacking in their relationship.
Anyone who has ever been in a long-term monogamous affair can probably relate.
If the sizzle goes out of love-making, what are options at hand?
After deciding that having “sex” outside the marriage would be okay, another niggling problem reared its ugly head out-of-the-blue (no pun intended).
What would be the perimeters (the rules) for such an “open relationship” be?
Should they tell each other about their clandestine encounters, and if so, when?
“No, I don’t want to know,” Sylvia (Lynn Chen) fesses up as she looks away obviously distressed.
Then, quick as a wink, the inevitable happened that very week.
Uh-huh!
The once-monogamous couple both found themselves making out passionately in the arms of each other's mates.
In one sexually-graphic scene, Ronald (Kerry McCrohan) slyly maneuvers Sylvia (Lynn Chen) into a storage closet at the restaurant (Hornio’s, of all places!) where he lustily goes down on her and eats her pussy out in soft-porn-style.
Meanwhile, back on the home front, Elena (Sheetal Sheth) casually drops in on Sylvia’s husband (Parry Shen) where the two start banging the living daylights out of each other.
But, within an hour-or-so, Luke feels like a male slut after a surprise rebuff.
“When do you want to get together again,” he casually probes Ronald's wife.
“Oh, we never have sex with the same individual twice,” Elena sneers.
“I just came here to fuck you,” she snarls, to be sure he didn’t have the wrong idea.
Sylvia ends up in pretty much the same scenario across town.
Yeah, she feels used, and tossed away like an empty bottle.
In fact, in the storage room when the two are involved in passionate lovemaking, a shelf upends, and an expensive bottle of wine smashes on the floor and splatters Sylvia's expensive dress.
The hapless gal has to dash home and change; after all, she was on her lunch break.
Later that evening, Luke and Syliva appear to happy to be in each other’s arms alone again, alone in their own home.
Judging by the way the flick ends, though, the filmgoer has to wonder if the twosome will ever venture down that road again.
"Originally, the lead characters were two gay couples," noted Director Richard Wong in a Q & A session at a screening at the DGA the other evening.
"But, when we tooled around with the idea of two straight couples, it seemed all that much more provocative."
Indeed, it is that.
Personally, I have found over the years that couples who remained monogamous usually stayed together.
The individuals who had three-ways (or an open relationship) to spice up their relationship usually split up a few years down the road.
"Yes, We're Open" is a well-crafted film which moves along at a pretty fast clip without any excess baggage.
All four actors turn in bang-on seamless performances, for starters.
But, Sheetal Sheth is a particular stand-out on screen, and is bound to grab the brass ring and succeed beyond her wildest dreams in Hollywood and beyond.
Although the young man who played "Ronald" never acted before on camera on the silver screen, he showed a remarkable screen presence, too.
Meanwile Wong has a keen eye, and directed with a firm - but adventurous - hand, especially in respect to the sex romps which are sizzling hot!.
"All Our Friends" - the catchy theme song for the flick - was scored by Digital Crafts Night (and just may sell well on the charts if marketed right).
Apparently, the project was a collaborative effort, supported by the generosity of family, friends, and local patrons.
A Kickstart campaign raised the post-production funds to launch it at a couple of festivals around the country (where it has been received well).
In spite of the fact the project came together after twenty-eight days of pre-production, the drama doesn't come off as a rinky-dink quickie-flick at all.
"Yes, We're Open" is worth the price of admission.
Catch it the second time around at the Festival in the coming week ahead!
3 Stars!
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