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‘Life Upside Down’: Bob Odenkirk Leads A Pandemic-Set Romantic Comedy On January 27

No one wants to relive the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic from early 2020, but director Cecilia Miniucchi thinks it’s ample terrain for a romantic comedy. Her latest film, “Life Upside Down,” follows three couples in LA forced to reckon with themselves and each other after lockdown brings them into close quarters.

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Bob Odenkirk leads the film’s ensemble cast as Jonathan Wigglesworth, just one of the characters about to receive one of the pandemic’s several reality checks.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

LIFE UPSIDE DOWN is a romantic comedy about time, distance, and the human condition. Three couples, connected by friendship, love and work, are each stuck in their respective homes in Los Angeles during the beginning of lockdown. Finally forced to face their spouses, friends, lovers, and eventually themselves head on, their lives turn slowly but surely upside-down. 

Alongside Odenkirk, “Life Upside Down” also stars Radha MitchellDanny Huston, and Rosie Fellner. The movie also stars Cyrus PahlaviTerence BernieJeanie Lim, and Sonia Iris Lozada.  

“Life Upside Down” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year in the Giornate degli Autori section. It’s Miniucchi’s first film since 2007’s “Expired,” but she has several other projects on the way, including the films “Seven Weeks In” and “World Apart.” She also a TV project in development with Jack Black and John Lithgow.

Will Bob Odenkirk and company make it through the pandemic unscathed in “Life Upside Down”? Find out when the film hits theaters on January 27, courtesy of IFC Films. Watch a trailer for the movie below.

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