Older

2020, 1080hd

Older is a quarter-life crisis drama where failed movie director Alex (writer/director Guy Pigden) has hit the wall in his life. He has no job and his movie career has stalled, he lives with his parents and plays video games, smokes bongs and masturbates all day and he doesn't have girlfriend. At the wedding of his best friend Henry (Harley Neville) with Isabelle (Samantha Jukes) where he is best man, he bumps into former school friend Jenny (Liesha Ward Knox), who he hasn't seen since school and they immediately hit it off. Also at the wedding is his on and off fling of 10 years, Stephanie (Astra McLaren), who is currently off and with a new date but not for long. After the wedding, Alex asks Jenny back to his parent's house for a nightcap and they end up spooning together but nothing more. In the morning, Jenny leaves and Alex spends the day vomiting although he agrees to see Stephanie for another big night. They end up sleeping with one another and they are definitely back on until she blanks him for days. He visits Jenny's house and she makes them watch his horror movie, they smoke a joint, chat and then have sex and they hit it off. Stephanie texts him the next day and wants to go out and during the night they bump into Jenny and her date which goes badly and then Stephanie goes off with someone else. Alex goes home but then decides to call Jenny early the next morning and Alex ends up going to her place and they have sex. Alex's dad has a chat with him and asks him to move out of home. A few days later his mother calls crying saying his dad has died. He struggles through the funeral but has a good chat with Jenny before going to Stephanie's place and staying the night. Jenny takes Alex camping and everything seems to be going great with them and he even starts a new screenplay then Jenny calls him and says she is pregnant. Alex acts in the worst possible way and during the argument Jenny tells him that Stephanie doesn't want him and that she slept with the married Henry recently. Jenny dumps Alex and his life spirals further. Can Alex figure his life out and get with Jenny? Affable drama with likeable leads in Pigden and Ward Know who make the movie more enjoyable than its stock-standard plot. While it's pretty obvious how it all goes, Henry and Jenny gel incredibly well and when their tenuous relationship hits the skids, it hits hard. Sure, it all ends predictably and too easily but it would be a shame if they didn't end up with one another. Worth a look if you are into romantic comedies.

Interestingly, I found this movie on Tubi and began capping it from that, albeit from a 720p source, looking to upgrade later. What was cappable in the movie was a bit disappointing as the original trailer from 2014 suggested a lot more sex and nudity, but it was fine. I then looked up to see where else it was available to watch and found that an uncut version with 4 minutes of extra sex and nudity was available on Vimeo (only to Aus/NZ) and I've never bought something so quick. And they weren't lying, there's far more to cap in the uncut version. So lookout for that if you see it on Tubi/Amazon Prime, it's the 'International' edited version.

Astra McLaren film clip (collages below)

Liesha Ward Knox film clip (collages below)

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