Life Partners

 

Directed by: Susanna Fogel

Memorable quotes:

Sasha: Watch where you're going, bitch!
Paige: What?
Sasha: Thanks for cutting me off!
Paige: You almost snapped my side view mirror, slut!
Sasha: You're lucky I have to be somewhere or I'd fuck your ass up right now!
Paige: Fuck you!
Sasha: Fuck you!

Sasha: No, still cock blocking.
Paige: It doesn't make sense, there are two vaginas.
Sasha: I don't know, nobody ever changed it.

Paige: God, this is why I don't have a boyfriend, cause I spend all my time having sleepovers and starring at my lesbian best friend's boobs.
Sasha: You don't have a boyfriend because you're way too picky.
Paige: I just want to meet a guy that I like as much as you, is that too much to ask for?
Sasha: Yes, yes it is. I hate everyone but you. We're screwed.

Sasha: Is that a thing? Like a reverse tumor?

Sasha: Oh my God, why is every lesbian named Jane?
Jenn: I know, it's annoying. That's why I spell mine with two "n"s.
Jen: I'm Jen 1.0
Jenn: Why do you say that like it's a good thing? 2.0 is better than 1.0
Jen: Maybe to you.

Sasha: Paige and I both have dates tomorrow night, thank you.
Jenn: Really? Oh that's...that's...that's great. That's awesome.
Sasha: Yeah, we got drunk and agreed to go on internet dates on the same night. And she's going out with a doctor.
Paige: Yeah...
Sasha: What? What? What is wrong with this one?
Paige: He just says douchey things in his emails, quotes a lot of movies and say things like "you betcha" and "you gotcha" and in a couple of his photos he is wearing t-shirts with messages on them and slogans. I think it's like his style.

Sasha: Have you ever seen the show "To Catch a Predator"?
Jen: Love that show.
Sasha: She was on it. My date was on "To Catch a Predator". She works for the agency that catches the predator. She... she goes online and flirts with old dudes pretending to be a 14 years old.
Jen: Please marry her.

Tim: What? Are you saying you watched the 1st half of The Big Lebowski then shut it off?
Paige: I feel like you're treating me as though I had just told you I'm a sex offender?
Tim: Oh wow, I mean this is so much worse.

Tim: Are you married?
Paige: What?
Tim: "Husband" is calling you.
Paige: Oh, no. That's my best friend Sasha. We just have this stupid joke.

Sasha: I think my favorite part of the date was when she put up two fingers and said "sit on it".
Paige: Ew. What? Why?
Sasha: I don't know. I think she thought she was flirting.

Sasha: Well, I guess we're gonna end up dying alone, like planed.

Sasha: When are you guys going out again?
Paige: Tomorrow.
Sasha: Which one of us is the lesbian?

Guy: Oh hey, I didn't see you in there.
Paige: You didn't see me care either, huh?

Sasha: Hey! Open up! I gotta poop in your toilet!

Tim: Sorry, how creepy was that that I sent a car for you?

Paige: What are you gonna do this weekend without me?
Tim: I'm gonna cry.
Paige: Duh!

Paige: Do I look like I've just had sex?

Sasha: Don't you wish you were 21?
Paige: God no, I was so insecure.
Sasha: But when you're 21, it's just easier, right? It's okay to be a receptionist and eat like shit and just date people for fun and sit on the floor...and remember you and I used to hang out all the time.

Paige: We're still the one who thinks we're funny.

Paige: Hey! I was about to take that spot!
Sasha: I didn't see the name "bitch" written on it.

Sasha: Oh, I'm sorry. Too mature for this now that you have a boyfriend and you spend the whole weekend resting a chicken together?
Paige: How do you know that?
Sasha: You posted it on instagram.

Sasha: I'm gonna be your best man.

Paige: The fuck is wrong with that girl?

Sasha: But you know you guys might be like too different to relate...get each other.
Paige: What does that mean?
Sasha: I don't know. Sometimes just super creative type don't really mesh that well with people who are more...you know...traditional.
Paige: I'm traditional?
Sasha: No, no, no. You are more like organized. Vanessa is like a total free spirit. You know, sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night and she's up writing down a dream she just had. And I've read a few of them. Oh my God. it's incredible. They're complete stories. Like that's just how her brain works. She dreams in stories.

Paige: Just go, you're gonna be late for golf.
Tim: You can't really be late for golf.
Paige: Just whatever, just go!

Sasha: But...you're gay!
Vanessa: I mean...I don't know. I feel like I've been saying I'm gay for so long that maybe I just stopped getting in touch with where I actually am on the spectrum. All I know is I owe it to myself to find out.

Sasha: Do I look too much like a lesbian?
Paige: You are a lesbian.
Sasha: Yeah, but I don't want to look gay.
Paige: You're like offensive to yourself.
Sasha: I mean, I'm not offended.

Sasha: So you just came from work?
Angelica: Oh yeah, I had to go in and finish up some stuff in the morning.
Sasha: Blows.
Angelica: Actually, I didn't mind it. I know this is nerdy but I love my work.
Sasha: Oh.

Sasha: Nothing changed for you. It just changed for me. Can you acknowledge that, please?

Tim: I can't talk to you sometimes, you never see anyone else's side. Ever. You always get your way. It's like everytime we fight, I have to be the one to apologize. I'm not gonna do it this time.
Paige: Oh really? I always get my way?
Tim: Paige, I let you fucking dress me.
Paige: I do not dress you.
Tim: You can't even admit that?
Paige: This is just who I am!
Tim: Well then you suck.
Paige: Great, now you're just gonna be a dick?
Tim: Maybe I just found my dick!

Tim: What's new?
Sasha: Erm, not much. I got fired.
Tim: Oh shit. Shit, sorry.

Sasha: I think I just need to find a job I don't hate.

Sasha: First I have a very serious question: Do you think Tim will be jealous of my tux?


Plot:  Two best friends' bond is tested one one of them starts dating...

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Review:

Life Partners is a sweet movie about friendship and the struggles that being an adult entails such as navigating through jobs, partners, friends and…life. It was obvious the movie didn’t have a huge budget, and some of the secondary roles were played in a rather mediocre manner, but the main actors were great, especially Leighton Meester and Adam Brody. While this isn’t the film of the year, I still highly enjoyed it. Some parts could have been developed more, especially the friendship between Sasha and Paige which goes from a very strong and almost exclusive type of a friendship to a very distant and uncomfortable one. I wish this could have been more subtle and more developed, but at the same time maybe the abrupt change was the effect that the director was looking for. The rest of the film seems very real, as I believe that the majority of us will be able to identify with what the characters are going through. I personally found it easy to identify with Sasha, who took a crappy job because as an adult you have to, and who finds herself stuck with a life she doesn’t want anymore. I like how she realizes that the things that she wanted ten years ago had changed and that she needed to find what would make her happy now.

Life Partners never makes a big deal out of the fact that Sasha is gay and this was great.

Sasha and Paige’s bond being shattered when Paige falls in love is also very realistic and I love how they had to clear a few things up and kind of adjust their friendship to save it.

Overall Life Partners is a character driven story with a very realistic feel and decent acting that was highly enjoyable, even if  it’s just for a one time watch.