Separation City - review

My review of the refreshing Kiwi comedy Separation City, starring Joel Edgerton and directed by Paul Middleditch (whose last film was the utterly brilliant Sydney no-budgeter A Cold Summer), is up at the SBS film website:

Intro:
"There’s something very limiting and unimaginative about the way romantic comedy has come to be seen as an essentially female sub-genre. Some of the most memorable rom-coms have been told from the male point of view – think of When Harry Met Sally (although scripted by Norah Ephron, a male-centred story) or Woody Allen’s Annie Hall and Manhattan.

"The idea that only women are interested in relationships is bogus nonsense – most men are either in relationships or want to be..."