Life Partners

Why does it feel nearly revelatory to see a film that treats female friendship with respect?

The two stars display a winning chemistry in this amusingly observant study of female friendship.

Meester and Jacobs have an easy, authentic chemistry, but there isn't enough structure or storytelling thrust to sustain interest in the plot: Triumphs, calamities and reunions keep happening, but none contains real dramatic heft.

Fogel refuses to pander by pretending that the girls can fix everything with a hug. Sacrifices must be made.

The charming story about millennial confusion is deftly written by Susanna Fogel (who also directs) and Joni Lefkowitz, and the dialog actually sounds like the way a pair of smart and funny twentysomethings might really talk.

Most of the time, the banter doesn't sound like banter; the movie shares Sasha and Paige's unforced shorthand.

While it's not the most perceptive film exploring the diversity of the lesbian experience, Life Partners has several insightful comic moments that ring true.

With such generic characters and scenarios, it feels like a sitcom pilot, where lessons are learned and, at the end of the day, everyone winds up right back where they started.

Witty, charming and warm with a fine balance between drama and comedy. It's equally wise, funny and tender.

I did laugh a few times. There is some funny stuff in this lightweight comedy, but clearly, I'm not the target audience for this film which is aimed a young women.

Flawed film about friendship has lots of swearing, drinking.

"Life Partners" may be a dispensable sitcom of a movie, but it's charming and cannily made enough to make you hope that both women will granted other opportunities to show what they can do.