LoveStuck

LoveStuck is a 2017 Australian film directed by Murray Fahey who called it "the most ambitious project that I have ever undertaken”.

Premise

Josh discovers he’s emotionally stuck between his ex-girlfriend Kate, his new girlfriend Cath and his best friend; and in the course of a day he must follow his passion and become unstuck.

Cast

Rik Brown as Josh
Rama Nicolas as Kate
Cathy Hagarty as Cath
Patti Styles as Trish

Production

The film was shot in 2013 in Canberra during Improvention, the international improvisers’ conference. It was improvised. "I wanted to tell a twist on the girl meets boy story so I thought how about we start with boy meets old girlfriend and see what happens," said Fahey. "By the end of the first day I realised we had a romantic comedy in the making.”
"There was a great sense of adventure making this film, everyone was coming together – in any moment they had spare – to keep adding to this ever-evolving story,” said star Rik Brown, “All the improvisers in this film are wonderful. I am used to working with most of them on stage, so to transport that chemistry onto film was a real treat.”

Reception

Filmink felt the film "sets the bar impossibly high, and can’t help but fall a little flat" but "the resolution of the love story is genuinely touching because of its improvised nature" and "the technical execution is flawless – the ‘look’ and the ‘feel’ all work – it’s a fair guess that LoveStuck has set a benchmark for where and how improvised cinema goes next."
Heavy magazine wrote "While an improvised movie sounds like it shouldn’t work this one does to the point where you really do care which decision Josh makes. Worth checking out if you like your cinema a little left of center."