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Splitsville ★½

(MA) 105 minutes

Many romantic comedies have an alarming side, as in the 1938 classic Bringing Up Baby , in which Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn get to know each other better while running around in pursuit of a dangerous escaped leopard. Still, as far as I recall, nobody actually gets mauled to death. If they had, it’s possible the film wouldn’t be so fondly remembered.

That thought came to mind while watching Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville , where the intended comic set pieces tend to be more baffling than amusing – starting with the literal car crash in the opening scene, killing off a woman we haven’t previously met.

Newly married couple Carey (co-writer Kyle Marvin) and Ashley (Adria Arjona) aren’t directly involved, but it’s possible the crash woul

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