‘Two Night Stand’ Trailer: Miles Teller’s Other 2014 Hookup Romcom
As the maxim goes, if at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.Miles Tellerhas already debuted one hookup romcom this year,the disastrousThat Awkward Moment, and now he’s back with another one titledTwo Night Stand.
This one stars Teller andAnaleigh Tiptonas two strangers who hook up and then get stuck together when a blizzard traps them inside.Jessica SzohrandKid Cudistar as her friends. Watch theTwo Night Standtrailer after the jump.
Maybe the genre really is dead and maybe it isn’t, but either way theTwo Night Standtrailer does not look like a sign of its robust health. The “casual hookup that turns into something more” plotline feels so, so tired, and not even Teller and Tipton’s considerable charms seem able to elevate it.
Which is a shame, because Teller could’ve been a romcom king in another time. He’s handsome and likable, with the same slightly rakish quality that made Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant so big back in the day. But for now, it looks like he’ll have to “settle” for beinga superhero.
Two Night StandopensSeptember 26.Max Nichols— as in, son ofMike— directed.
Months after graduating from college Megan is unemployed, unattached and unable to get off the couch. Heartbroken by the collapse of her wedding engagement, she considers internet romance with limited interest. But following a chance encounter with her ex (Josh Salatin) and his new girlfriend (Kellyn Lindsay) – and egged on by her roommate Faiza (Jessica Szohr) and her boyfriend Cedric (Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi) – Megan boldly propositions Alec, a cute and funny guy she meets online, inviting herself to his apartment for her first ever one-night-stand. After a calamitously unromantic morning after, she tries to make a discreet exit only to discover that the city has been pulverized by a record-breaking snowfall that shows no sign of letting up.
Unable to leave the building, she sheepishly takes shelter with an equally mortified Alec. Forced to spend another day and night together, Megan and Alec’s first real face-to-face conversation veers from banter to bickering and back, as the provocative chemistry that lit up their online introduction quickly reignites. While rating each other’s erotic IQs, they realize they have a unique opportunity for a hands-on learning experience that inevitably leads them to a very adult snow day.
