Sometimes flowers and candy just won’t cut it.
Jason Biggs’ character in “Untitled Home Invasion Romance” decides to revive his marriage by posing as a hero. Big mistake.
What follows is a crisp, occasionally funny black comedy that has no choice but to tie itself in knots. You might find some relationship wisdom lurking between the tale of a Romeo who’s in way over his head.
Biggs’ directorial debut is too complicated for his own good. The “American Pie” alum still displays a confident touch, suggesting his sophomore effort could be a keeper.
The film opens with a romantic montage of Biggs’ Kevin and Meaghan Rath’s Suzie falling in love.
One year later, that impulsive bond has fizzled. They reunite after a trial separation, and Kevin wants to jumpstart their marriage with a “Fargo”-seque scheme. He’s hired his actor buddy (a winning Arturo Castro) to break into their vacation home as a “burglar.”
Kevin would step in, thwart the robbery and show Suzie he’d do anything to protect her.
And … scene! It helps that Kevin is an actor, too, but he’s best known for starring in an ED commercial (the faux ad is legitimately funny).
Except nothing goes as planned. And, suddenly, the unhappy couple is staring at a dead body.
Biggs stages everything up until this point with impressive efficiency. We feel the fraying bond between the couple, Kevin’s obvious desperation and why criminal acts should be left to the professionals.
What happens next involves Suzie’s old camp buddy (Anna Konkle), now a local sheriff investigating that dead body, and Suzie’s old flame (Justin H. Min) offering his help.
And maybe more?
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The laughs are intermittent but undeniable, and the small town touches prove sweet, not condescending. Some plot points are teased but eventually ignored, like the curious bond between Suzie and the Sheriff.
Biggs stumbles while balancing the various tones in play. It doesn’t help that secondary characters bum rush the third act in ways that spike the finale but feel manipulative.
He’s better at slowly revealing a key part of Suzie’s past, but the story doesn’t fully process what it means for the marriage in crisis.
“Romance” also can’t smooth over some of the moral quandaries flooding that third act. The screenplay, a solid affair from Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson, has no time to process everything that happens in those last, frantic minutes.
Biggs is in over his head, but a Hitchcock or Demme might struggle with this material.
Still, Biggs and Rath keep the focus where it belongs, on a marriage that felt so perfect at first but looks headed for the rocks. Just know Biggs proves he’s ambitious enough behind the camera to suggest his career is leaning in a thoughtful new direction.
HiT or Miss: “Untitled Home Invasion Romance” may boast an awkward title, but its blend of comedy and black humor has its perks.