What I Watched -- Night Owls

On our flight home from Florida, S scored with this cute-ish Netflix dramedy, Night Owls.  If it's not something that I've read outside reviews about (like Lion), Netflix has been very hit-or-miss.  We had a lot of misses, but this was a funny and sweet story about two people who are each so messed up and stuck in their own heads that somehow they make sense to each other.

The movie really has two characters: Kevin and Madeline.  The setup is simple: they get drunk and stumble home to have sex.  Much to Kevin's chagrin, it turns out that they are not at her house, but at his boss's house (who, it turns out, is the object of her affections, and the man with whom she's been having an affair for some time).  Kevin is tasked with keeping Madeline quiet (to prevent scandal for the local college football program) and alive (generally to prevent scandal), and through the time time they spend together, they learn a lot about each other, their town, and themselves.

Bottom line: like I said, a cute-ish dramedy.  The real winners are the two actors, who have great chemistry even in the face of a pretty bland plot.