Wes's Grade: B-
"Two Night Stand" disposable but witty rom com
The charming new rom com "Two Night Stand" is an expendable as a one-night stand itself, and while it doesn't significantly advance relationships, there's some fun to be had. Twenty-something New York City strangers Alec and Megan (Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton), awake after an ill-advised one night stand to find themselves snowed in by a blizzard that's put the whole city on ice. Trapped together in a tiny Brooklyn apartment, they're forced to get to know each other far better than any anonymous bed partners should. Directed by Max Nichols and written by Mark Hammer, both of whom have had more experience as actors than behind the camera, "Two Night Stand" is a slight, calculated but amusing rom com held together by the charms of Teller, who walks off with the movie in a seeming warm-up act to his acclaimed "Whiplash" coming next month and the upcoming "Fantastic Four" film next year. Teller, a smart young actor who has that ability to both likable and smirky, is certainly on the cusp of superstardom, and roles in small, throwaway films like this only cement his talents. Tipton ("Warm Bodies") is also lovely in one of her first substantial roles, and she and Teller have a natural chemistry together that keeps the film watchable as a whole. Speaking of which, there are a couple of plot twists, particularly one coming fairly late, that are too contrived and serves only to lay out an ending you know is coming. Still, "Two Night Stand," which hits both theaters and VOD this week, is pleasant, entertaining fluff that's a serviceable entry in this oversaturated genre, only because like real one night stands, you don't want it to end, not that I would know that or anything. Though its leads are both appealing, this is Teller's show.
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