When marriage stops being a given, realistic romantic comedies are born. In Save the Date, sisters Beth (Alison Brie) and Sarah (Lizzy Caplan) are on different relationship paths ? one toward marriage, another away from it. Michael Mohan?s film reflects the attitudes of a generation who suffered through their parents? divorces. Playing Andrew, Beth?s fiance, Martin Starr can identify all too well with that premise by looking at his circle of friends: He?s hit that time in life when everyone?s hearing or tuning out wedding bells.
Don?t mistake his movie for a wedding farce, though. It?s more about twentysomethings figuring out what love actually is. If that?s not relatable enough, the film stars a winning combo of quirky comedy favorites: Starr, unforgettable as Bill Haverchuck on Freaks and Geeks, and Caplan struck comedy gold together in Party Down, and Brie has earned a following via Community and Mad Men. Mark Webber and Geoffrey Arend round out the cast. Save the Date premieres this week in competition at Sundance, and it?s in good company with an embarrassment of (non-dark) comedy riches at this year?s festival including Safety Not Guaranteed (with Aubrey Plaza and Jake Johnson), Smashed (with Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman), and Tim and Eric?s Billion Dollar Movie.
Movieline spoke with Starr about the complexities of putting romantic feelings down on paper, the reverberations of Freaks creator Paul Feig?s own hit wedding comedy Bridesmaids, and Party Down?s rumored journey to the big screen.
In Save the Date, you play one half of a couple headed for marriage, in contrast to your future sister-in-law, who's not into settling down, right?
Yeah, it?s very indicative of that age, I guess. I?m witnessing it now. I have a lot of friends that are getting married and a…
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