‘The Threesome’ Review: Charming Rom-Com Chases Something More as Zoey Deutch Irons Out an Awkward Situation

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Stephen Saito “The Threesome” starts at a wedding where there’s more than one marriage going on. On stage, Matthew (Tommy Do) and Greg (a scene-stealing Jaboukie Young-White) say their vows and the latter is toasted by his best friend Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), who had a hand in introducing them, while off-screen, there is a union of sensibilities as director Chad Hartigan, who is capable of both contemplative dramas (“This Is Martin Bonner”) and raucous comedies (“Morris From America”), tries his hand at finding a happy medium with the outrageous premise of Ethan Ogilby lending itself to cringe humor, but the genuinely intriguing relationship dynamics it brings up are well worth interrogating seriously.

The results are mixed in ways the filmmakers probably didn’t intend, but nonetheless, it can’t help but be enormously charming with the talent involved.

Matthew and Greg aren’t the couple that the rom-com focuses on, but rather Connor and Olivia (Zoey Deutch), a waitress he’s pined over for some time who works at the same restaurant as Greg.

Seeing him talk up a customer named Jenny (Ruby Cruz) while she’s on the clock leads to an evening in which the three eventually find themselves in his apartment.