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‘A Tree Fell in the Woods’ Review: A Scattered Bottle Drama Rescued by Fun Performances
Starring Josh Gad, Alexandra Daddario, Ashley Park and Daveed Diggs, Nora Kirkpatrick’s 'A Tree Fell in the Woods' locks two couples in a snowy cabin.
Set in a cozy rented cabin, the New Year’s Eve getaway re-unites a pair of college best friends: novelist and editor Debs ( Alexandra Daddario) and financier Mitch ( Josh Gad). They each bring along their respective spouses, who’ve only met in passing: Debs is not-so-happily married to nature photographer Josh ( Daveed Diggs), while Mitch is devoted to his happy-go-lucky housewife Melanie ( Ashley Park), whose culinary enthusiasm has led to her own cookbook. The friendship between Debs and Mitch is the movie’s strongest foundation, both because straight men and women are so rarely the center of platonic relationships in American cinema, and because Daddario and Gad sell their dynamic in delightful fashion.
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