The Overnight (2015)

Brice goes a bit too broad at times, but he keeps things just funny and edgy and open enough for "The Overnight" to work.

"The Overnight" isn't much - in fact, it's hardly anything. For what it is, though, it's enough.

Written and directed by Patrick Brice with atypical wit, the film is uncensored and hilariously unpredictable, jumping from one titillating gag to the next with the grace of a tightrope walker.

It's a short film, weighing in at 79 minutes, but that feels about right. You probably wouldn't want to spend a lot more time with these folks, no matter how intriguing their company.

In its best moments, The Overnight deviates from the conventions of a party movie (or "sex comedy," as it has been christened) and veers toward the experimental, the uncanny, the unsettling.

What makes The Overnight work as well as it does is the cast. The performances here are truly fearless and engaging, with Schwartzman and Scott in particular in high gear.

A cross between 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' and 'Score,' the eyebrow-raising sexual possibilities complimented by real considerations of martial desire and "curiosity."

Brice's film adopts an unusual angle through which to look at adult relationships, and benefits from that, as well as a cast on good form.

Things get weird, and then some, in Patrick Brice's engaging and bizarre comedy.

Together, they have the right proportions of wit and feeling, and their shared escapade is funny and racy without ever trying too hard.

Schwartzman and Scott get top marks for bravery and there are some strong laughs but it feels a bit too much like a middle-class Hangover.

A knock-around sex comedy where the actual act is hardly the point, The Overnight shows that wedded bliss can also be a rough, raunchy trip.