Splitsville opens with couple Ashley (Adria Arjona – Hit Man) and Carey (Kyle Marvin) driving along, talking about how they love each other… before she suggests they should experiment sexually, then soon changes this to wanting to break up, after just 14 months of marriage, as she begins reading out a long-prepared letter to him.
As a result, he exits the car mid-letter, and makes for the hills… eventually arriving at the very posh house owned by their friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson – The Lost Daughter) and Paul (Michael Angelo Covino – News Of The World), a polyamorous couple, all of which leads to the start of quite a mad, but often subtle comedy/drama that’s relationship problems, but actually done in an interesting and engaging way, for a change.
Additionally – and I’ll avoid spoilers regarding which characters are featured – there’s a very physical fight scene between two characters, which leads to running around a house and throwing each other over furniture, breaking it as they go. For a film which comes across as a low-budget indie movie (apparently just $20m), since the two actors are clearly not stuntpeople, there’s clearly been great use of ACTUAL stuntpeople of the same build for each of them, as well as CGI-ing the actors’ faces onto them, so there’s a seamless join. And a damn sight better job has been made of it here than the average Jason Statham movie!
There’s also a similar effect when later, when both both Carey and Ashley end up living under the same roof for a time, while she has various lovers, and as the camera spins round, several days and actions are represented, and all flawlessly criss-crossing over each other.
But Splitsville has so many humourous elements here and there, which are more fun to discover by just watching it, than listing them here. Sadly, that won’t be so easy to do on the big screen, given how it soon disappeared after a week, while Super Mario is there forever, and on several screens.
Beyond that, Ashley is a life coach, who has her own life coach teaching her the concept of brutal honesty, Carey is seeing carrying oodles of carnival fish prizes onto a rollercoaster – which you just know is NOT going to go well, and no man has a massive lob-on just after coming out of the shower! Plus, who uses a friend’s shower, anyway? And why does a kitchen have two sinks?
Ah, so many questions that just won’t be answered, but this film is essential viewing; as well as a successful passion project for Messrs. Marvin and Covino, both who wrote and co-produced it, with the latter also directing.
NOTE: There are no mid- not post-credits scenes.
Splitsville is in cinemas now, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 105 minutes
Release date: March 27th 2026
Studio: NEON
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (35mm)
Rating: 8/10
Director: Michael Angelo Covino
Producers: Michael Angelo Covino, Jeff Deutchman, Ro Donnelly, Ryan Heller, Dakota Johnson, Emily Korteweg, Kyle Marvin, Samantha Racanelli
Screenplay: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin
Music: Dabney Morris, David Wingo
Cast:
Julie: Dakota Johnson
Ashley: Adria Arjona
Carey: Kyle Marvin
Paul: Michael Angelo Covino
Russ: Simon Webster
Jackson: Charlie Gillespie
Fede: David Castañeda
Brent: O-T Fagbenle
Antoneta: Nahema Ricci
Dr Ott: Tyrone Benskin
Matt: Nicholas Braun
Connor: Leo Hennely
Wetsuit Man: Robin Guillen
Officer Lank: Letitia Brookes
Crash Driver: Tyler Hall
Dead Woman: Emily O’Connor
Brandon Lugiana: Luke McPhail
Process Server: Jean-Claude Morais
Oliver: Jai Pun
Keri: Jessika Mathurin
Fish Game Operator: Nicholas J Walker
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