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Splitsville

Splitsville

Representation Score

6.6/10

Good

2025

R

Director

Michael Angelo Covino

Runtime

105 minutes

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Splitsville successfully disrupts conventional domestic clichés by focusing on characters navigating non-traditional social contracts. The film integrates diverse identities into the central friend group, fostering a more inclusive cinematic landscape. While it excels at challenging traditional gender roles and marital norms, it lacks any representation of disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Splitsville have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film challenges traditional views on relationships by focusing on an open marriage. This exploration of non-monogamy normalizes alternative relationship structures, questioning the traditional idea of a monogamous family.

How does Splitsville portray gender?

Good

Female leads play a significant role in driving the story. Characters like Ashley and Julie take control of their lives and relationships, shifting power away from traditional patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Splitsville?

Good

The film includes actors from various backgrounds such as Adria Arjona, David Castañeda, and O-T Fagbenle. These diverse identities are integrated into the social fabric of the friend group, avoiding stereotypes.

How does Splitsville represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative questions Western marital values by presenting an open relationship as a viable lifestyle choice. It prioritizes personal freedom and flexibility over traditional, institutionalized domesticity.

Does Splitsville include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no significant evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities within the available plot details.

Present on Screen

  • Subverts traditional gender hierarchies through the ability to act of its female leads.
  • Promotes diverse representation with a non-homogeneous central ensemble.
  • Challenges traditional expectations by normalizing non-monogamous relationships.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks any visible representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
  • Focuses primarily on heterosexual frameworks despite exploring non-traditional relationship models.

Official Synopsis

After Ashley asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.

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