“The Overnight” is the movie equivalent of fuzzy handcuffs: a tame and unimaginative attempt at spicing up the overly familiar scenario of a married couple trying to get their groove back. Thirtysomething Alex and Emily (Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling) haven’t yet succumbed to sexlessness — they’re seen boinking in the opening scene — but coitus interruptus soon arrives in the form of their toddler son. “It smells funny,” the little boy complains, which is about as adorable as a boner-kill gets. There’s not much more to writer-director Patrick Brice‘s four-person chamber...
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