Open Marriage (2017 TV Movie)
Cringe!
17 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This was one of the weirdest Lifetime movies ever! The story was so confusing and had more plot holes than Swiss cheese!

So this married couple (Becca and Ron) struggling financially and also having problems conceiving, get talked into by their married best friends (Mindy and Max) to swing. They finally give in and do the business at Mindy and Max's house. The ground rules are they always have to be together when swinging and if one of them decides to stop, the rest of them also have to stop.

Mindy and Max invite Becca and Ron to go to an underground swingers' club, and at the club they do not go after new partners but stick to their own routine. Mindy and Ron wake up to find Becca and Max sleeping cuddled together in another room. Both the former angry because one of the ground rules was broken. Becca's excuse was Max had a bad back and needed to get comfortable. Ron calls off the arrangement and says they should all stop.

But Becca continues seeing Max at the club and lying to Ron about being at work. Meanwhile strange things happen. A bouquet of flowers is left on Becca and Ron's doorstep. A pram with an ugly doll is also left on their doorstep.

One night Ron gets a text invitation to the club. He goes and a woman tries to seduce him, they kiss and he pulls away saying he can't do it.

To cut a long confusing mess short, secrets come out on both sides and a huge blowout takes place among the two couples. Becca sulking at Ron. She tells Max at their next meeting that she can't do it any more because she's pregnant, and Max says yes of course I can't do this to Ron and Becca says we can't do this to Ron.

What I find stupid is here's Becca angry at poor Ron for going to the club with his only sin being a kiss, while she continues cheating on him with Max. And what is worse is that she is not sure who is the baby's father.

Anyway the ending is not important to discuss. But I found Becca to be absolutely disgusting and deplorable. Also the annoying part of the movie was in most of the Becca and Ron scenes he's wearing his shirt open and is eating cereals. I think Nikki Leigh would have done much better if she'd branched out from her Playboy shoots into other adult entertainment ventures.
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