Plot: This candid, often-funny drama explores the bittersweet side of friendship through the eyes of two best-friend married couples. Invited to dinner at the suburban home of husband-and-wife food critics Gabe and Karen, Beth reveals she's breaking up with her husband Tom after 12 years of marriage and two children. This unexpected revelation forces Gabe and Karen to reevaluate their seemingly perfect relationship, as well as their friendship with two people who seem to be refusing the life they all once worked so hard to preserve. The drama is set in present-day Connecticut and New York City, with flashbacks to Martha's Vineyard twelve-and-a-half years earlier.
Alternative Plot: Based on the award-winning play by Donald Margulies, this film follows food critic couple Gabe (Dennis Quaid) and Karen (Andie MacDowell), who believe they are living in domestic bliss. They are disabused of that illusion one evening, however, when one of their best friends, Beth (Toni Collette), reveals that her husband (Greg Kinnear) is leaving her for "some stewardess." This comes as a blow to Gabe and Karen, and the shock causes them to take a long, hard look at their own marriage.
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