The Threesome

What’s the worst thing that can come from a threesome? The storied history of cinematic threesomes and group sex rarely end well. Most often, relationships disintegrate and sexual fantasies lose their enchantment. The disappointment most often centers on the sex itself: awkwardness, unexpected jealousy, an uneven distribution of pleasure, basic regret. Chad Hartigan’s new film The Threesome instead asks what’s the most chaotic thing that can come after a male-female-female threesome? Both women getting pregnant, of course.

Connor (Jonah Hauer-King) is approaching his 30s and has no immediate path to settling down and starting a family. He plays liberally and loosely with sexual tension between him and a former co-worker, Olivia (Zoey Deutch), while hanging with his bartending friend at the same place he used to work. Connor and Olivia slept together recently, a first for them both, though they are by no means a couple when they both, simultaneously, seduce Jenny (Ruby Cruz), a graduate student stood up on a date at the restaurant. The weirdest part of the seduction here is Connor’s perplexing choice to spend time at his former place of work. Who does this? 

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