Life Partners (2014) on Netflix
Sasha, a musician working as a receptionist, and Paige, an environmental lawyer, are best friends in their late twenties. They try online dating; Paige's date goes well, Sasha's does not.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.2/109,625 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes68%
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Plot summary
Sasha and Paige, both in their late twenties, have been best friends for years. Paige works as an environmental lawyer, while Sasha plays music and holds down a receptionist job. They watch television together, and Paige joins Sasha at her LGBTQ rallies. One night the two prod each other into trying online dating, then set out on separate dates. Sasha's goes badly; Paige's goes well, and she begins seeing Tim, a dermatologist. Sasha keeps having bad dates of her own as Paige spends more and more time with Tim, and she starts to feel left out of her friend's life.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Life Partners (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Susanna Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz first considered Kristen Bell and Evan Rachel Wood for the role of Sasha, but when both actresses became pregnant, Leighton Meester was given the part.
- Life Partners adapts a play of the same name that Lefkowitz and Fogel wrote based on their own friendship, which the article compares to the friendship in Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking.
