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Metro
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Fans can't wait for this wild rom-com about BDSM and ‘toxic situationships'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Sony Pictures Classics has just dropped the first trailer for Oh, Hi!, and if the internet is any indication, fans are already obsessed. The chaotic, funny, and unexpectedly tender romantic comedy stars Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman as Iris and Isaac. The film, directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), follows Iris and Isaac on what should be a dreamy first couples getaway. There's a charming romantic dinner, dancing under fairy lights, and even an experimental foray into BDSM. But things take a sharp left turn when Iris dares to use the word 'couple.' Isaac quickly backpedals, prompting Iris to do something… bold. 'Why would you bring me here? Why would you spend all day acting like my boyfriend!?' she demands, standing over a very handcuffed Isaac. 'You're being kinda crazy right now,' he replies. Spoiler: that does not calm her down. The film co-stars Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, David Cross, Jimmy Gary Jr., and Polly Draper, rounding out an all-star cast. Since its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Oh, Hi! has been building buzz. Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast's Obsessed called it 'a hilarious comedy' that disrupts rom-com expectations while The Guardian notes '…the film does happen upon a real, and painful, truth of the problems that come from dating without a label.' Many critics have also noted the strength of Molly Gordon's performance, with Variety calling it 'boundless and bouncily unhinged.' It's also struck a chord online, with fans losing their minds over the Lerman-Gordon pairing and the movie's unhinged premise. 'I am so seated for sexy indie Gerald's Game,' tweeted @SeriousMolly. 'Molly Gordon has so much on screen power. She should be in more projects,' added @Haiderjkhan. @_tweetsbyjess declared: 'Girl this seems like a hit to me!! We will be watching.' And perhaps most appropriately, @stylesgala posted: 'Someone is going to have to restrain me when I see oh, hi!' More Trending Gordon, who also co-wrote the story with Brooks, told Vanity Fair the film is about modern dating frustrations and the emotional confusion that comes with them. 'With apps, it's just such a hard time to date in our modern age, and we've had a communication breakdown between sexes,' she said. 'We just wanted to make something that is about how hard it is to just be honest about how you feel about someone.' Catch Oh, Hi! in theaters starting July 25, Bring Your Own Handcuffs (BYOH). Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: American Psycho director vows no one can replace Christian Bale after remake rumours MORE: Ana de Armas broke down in tears over 'intense' Ballerina flamethrower stunt MORE: Martin Scorsese admits one of his most iconic 90s films 'has no plot'
UPI
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Logan Lerman, Molly Gordon play sex games in 'Oh, Hi!'
1 of 5 | Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon star in "Oh, Hi!", in theaters July 25. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics June 9 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Classics released the trailer for Oh, Hi! on Monday. The romantic comedy opens July 25 in theaters. Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman play Iris and Isaac, a couple who go away to a remote house for a weekend. There, they discover bondage gear and Iris handcuffs Isaac to the bed. While still cuffed, Isaac says he's not interested in a relationship. So Iris leaves him cuffed for the weekend to try to convince him to get serious with her. The situation is further complicated when a friend (Geraldine Viswanathan) and her boyfriend (John Reynolds) visit and witness what Iris has done. David Cross also plays a role. Oh, Hi! Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year and later played at the Tribeca Film Festival. Sophie Brooks wrote and directed from a story by Brooks and Gordon. Brooks previously wrote and directed the film The Boy Downstairs. Gordon co-wrote, co-directed and starred in Theater Camp, which premiered at Sundance in 2023.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights To ‘Oh, Hi!' Starring Logan Lerman And Molly Gordon
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all worldwide rights to Oh, Hi!, written and directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs). The film, Brooks' sophomore feature, stars Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, and John Reynolds. It premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Oh, Hi! is produced by David Brooks, Dan Clifton, Julie Waters, Sophie Brooks, and Molly Gordon. Evan Dyal, Justin Brown, and Evan Moore are executive producers alongside Sabina Friedman-Seitz, Molly Quinn, Matthew M. Welty, and Elan Gale. More from Deadline 'The Bear' Star Molly Gordon Signs With WME Logan Lerman Signs With UTA Utah's Hopes Of Keeping Sundance Threatened By Anti-Pride Flag Bill On Governor's Desk In Oh, Hi!, Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac's (Logan Lerman) first romantic weekend getaway as a couple goes awry. Convinced that he's just confused, Iris goes to extreme lengths to prove to him that they are meant to be together. 'I couldn't be more thrilled that we have found our home with Sony Pictures Classics. For as long as I can remember, I've loved their films,' Brooks said. 'Always marked by distinct voices and elegance. I can't wait for audiences to see our kooky film in theaters.' Sony Pictures Classics describes the film as 'That unpredictable, dark romantic comedy – youthful and hilarious yet with just the right about of danger.' With 'fantastic' performances 'brilliantly directed' by Brooks. The studio also calls it 'a definite audience winner. RELATED: Sophie Brooks is a London-born, Brooklyn-based writer and director. The Boy Downstairs was acquired by Film Rise and HBO at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was produced by David Brooks, Paul Brooks and Dan Clifton and stars Zosia Mamet, Matthew Shear and Diana Irvine. The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers. Watermark Media financed the feature, in association with QWGmire, AmorFortuna, and Bespoke Production Capital. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About 'Freakier Friday' So Far Everything We Know About 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 So Far How Horror Is Finding Its Place In Awards Season & What's New For 2025
The Guardian
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Oh, Hi! review – promising romantic comedy takes awkward turn into farce
Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman) are a thirtysomething couple enjoying an almost absurdly romantic weekend upstate. They're singing in the car (she's Dolly, he's Kenny), making out in the lake and enjoying a candle-lit dinner outside (he made scallops!), all the while learning more about each other. It's intriguingly unclear just how long they've been together with exposition unusually minimal as the scene is set. Shouldn't he or she know this already? Just how in love are these two? It's at least clear that they're still incredibly, at times uncontrollably, horny for each other and when they happen upon some BDSM gear, they decide to indulge. A sex game then leaves Isaac chained to the bed just as we discover just what stage their relationship is at: Iris thinks they're exclusive but Isaac isn't really looking for anything serious … It's the kind of clever setup that could have led to either an awkwardly edgy dark comedy or a full psycho-thriller. Iris's initial outrage is embarrassingly identifiable for many of us who have also felt deceived by the cruel chasm between someone's actions and someone's intentions. Why would Isaac say these things and act this way if he was just fooling around? The initial fallout is wonderfully uncomfortable and then rather sad, pitched just right by a hollowed out Gordon, and the script is smart enough not to turn Isaac, charmingly played by Lerman, into an easy villain. But while the film does happen upon a real, and painful, truth of the problems that come from dating without a label, as things start to devolve, it becomes harder to understand how they ever found themselves here (would someone so resistant to commitment and the guilt associated with heartbreak really mastermind such an idyllic weekend away with someone who is clearly eager for much more?). Writer-director Sophie Brooks, who also came upon a similarly smart setup in her similarly stretched 2017 debut The Boy Downstairs, crafted the idea during Covid and it's clearly a film born from the restrictions of that period. It mostly takes place between an unravelling Gordon and an increasingly terrified Lerman although they are later joined by friends hoping to diffuse the situation: the usually very funny Geraldine Viswanathan and Search Party's often rather one-note John Reynolds. Things then start to get silly far too soon and what had been a horribly squirmy and relatable situation soon descends into poorly staged and increasingly tedious farce as characters scream, panic, plot and, gulp, cast spells. Brooks isn't able to find a way to gracefully go back and forth, from the real to the ridiculous, and she loses sight of Gordon's character whose aching need to be loved and accepted disappears into a screeching, sitcom version of Kathy Bates in Misery, all nuance and empathy gone. The decision to crank so much of the film up to an 11 drowns out any shred of insight and it also becomes uncomfortable for Gordon, whose innate scrappy charm and lowkey comic abilities are not enough for something that starts to require something so incredibly outsized. To her credit, it's the kind of huge, go-for-broke ask that most actors would struggle with (one can see rare talents like Kate Hudson or Goldie Hawn maybe pulling it off) but it feels like a disservice to what she can do to force her into things she can't. The film is never sure just how far to push her and how much we're supposed to still be on her side or at least still believe her as a real person over an exaggerated movie construct. There's a last act attempt to try and equate behaviours that really shouldn't be equated in an overly neat, lessons-have-been-learned wrap-up and a smarter, less eager to amuse, film could have found a better way to leave us with something more reflective or knotty to chew on. But with goofy, and hard-to-buy, outlandishness taking precedence, it means we're too ready to go from hi to bye. Oh, Hi! is screening at the Sundance film festival and is seeking distribution
