I am a big fan of big movies; I love me some spectacular special effects and epic action. However, there is also something that catches a special place in my heart about a small budget indie flick. So when I got a chance to preview the new bisexual paranormal rom-com Dead In Love, I jumped at the chance (not to mention I was looking forward to putting all those words in one sentence).
Dead in Love is the story of Sophie, a struggling writer who dies without having ever truly lived. She never wrote her novel, started a family, or even truly fell in love. After she suffers a brain aneurysm, she is tied to the house she lived in and cannot pass on to the afterlife. She drives out a series of tenants to her old house until Marcos and Maria move in. A married couple that seems to have an idyllic relationship filled with romance and lots of sex. Sophie spends a couple of days being a voyeur and discovers that she finds both of them attractive. She also notices that there might be a few cracks in the bonds between the pair. Things come to a head when Sophie becomes aware that Maria can hear her. This leads them to a whirlwind friendship, and Sophie finding out she can possess bodies so that both she and the person she is inhabiting can experience things simultaneously.
What ensues is a collection of steamy, funny, and emotional connections between the three of them. It also causes confrontations about expectations between Maria and Marcos, culminating in an ending that I had some issues with. I don’t want to spoil things, and it’s nothing that’s traumatizing, but it felt like either the writer or editor decided the movie had to be ninety minutes long and just finished it. Which was a shame because I think the movie’s strongest points are the scenes between Maria and Sophie. The film features only a few characters, allowing us to focus intensely on the two main characters as they get to know each other. The movie also provides some creative explanations about how ghosts operate, which allows them to work around the small budget of an indie film. While not perfect, it’s worth keeping an eye out for it, especially for those looking for good bisexual representation.
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