
The strained relationship of an engaged Brooklyn couple, Theo (Chris Messina) and Nat (Rashida Jones). Theo is bored with his job as a wedding photographer-the generic backgrounds, the artificial posing, the stilted newlyweds-so he develops an unconventional side business, called "Gumshoot," a service where clients hire him to stalk them with his camera. Becoming infatuated with one of his clients, a mystery woman who goes by the name Subgirl (Meital Dohan), Theo develops a v... (Full plot summary below)
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The strained relationship of an engaged Brooklyn couple, Theo (Chris Messina) and Nat (Rashida Jones). Theo is bored with his job as a wedding photographer-the generic backgrounds, the artificial posing, the stilted newlyweds-so he develops an unconventional side business, called "Gumshoot," a service where clients hire him to stalk them with his camera. Becoming infatuated with one of his clients, a mystery woman who goes by the name Subgirl (Meital Dohan), Theo develops a voyeuristic obsession that forces him to confront uncomfortable truths about himself and his impending marriage.
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| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonMusic supervisor Bernheim and DP Doug Emmett are able to choreograph the action in conjunction with the music to generate fantastic resonance in the scenes. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardThe conceit is a decent idea for a thriller, if not a terribly original one, but Shapiro loses the rhythm with a plodding story and a pat ending we can see coming a mile away. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughDespite the pseudo-vérité style, the convincing improvised dialogue, and its intimations of Blow-Up and The Conversation, Monogamy never quite makes a full commitment. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfI walked away from the film disappointed, but there are some powerful ideas and performances buried somewhere in here, underneath the performance art itches. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleUltimately suffers from a late-inning collapse into thematic obviousness and multiple endings. |
| RedEyeMatt PaisDemonstrates what you miss in a relationship when you're lost in your own head, and what might not be there when you come back. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDespite the ominous feel, this is a mystery about losing or gaining lives and unknown detours. |
| New York PressLeslie StonebrakerA bit dirty and scattered, the film fails to offer any payoff for its crawling plot and salacious promises. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrMonogamy sets up a nifty idea that it doesn't follow through. |
| What Would Toto Watch?Christian TotoMonogamy asks us to root for lovers who seem disinterested in their own future. |