Your Place or Mine

The new romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon & Ashton Kutcher, Your Place or Mine, is now streaming, but should you give it a watch? May 11, 2018.

Overall, Your Place or Mine gave us elder millennials two of our major film stars a return to the genre & medium we love to see them in after years of TV work. While the romantic plot may not always gel in this movie, the attempts at temporary fatherhood for Kutcher’s Peter over Kimmel’s Jack could be quite successful & impactful at times. Our sanity in this film is the bounty of charming actors & locales. However, the film seems to be overwritten & overly complicated at every turn. Aline Brosh McKenna is an admitted fan of the classic two-hander romantic tales from His Girl Friday to You’ve Got Mail. Efforts from the likes of Rachel Leigh Cook &

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher are just two of the stars appearing in the new Netflix rom-com, Your Place or Mine.

[Netflix subscription](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/netflix-subscription-the-plans-the-price-and-whats-included). [long list of credits to her name](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2568081/tig-notaro-what-to-watch-if-you-like-the-army-of-the-dead-actress). With [multiple upcoming projects](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2559178/upcoming-reese-witherspoon-movies-and-tv-whats-ahead-for-the-morning-show-star) (both in front of and behind the camera), we haven’t seen the last of her yet. More recently, he’s put on amazing performances in shows like The White Lotus (Season 1) and The Good Lord Bird, and in movies like Uncle Frank, and 8-Bit Christmas. [book-to-movie adaptations](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/22-book-to-movie-adaptations-coming-in-2022) like Where the Crawdad Sings and [the upcoming Daisy Jones & the Six Amazon series](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/daisy-jones-and-the-six-quick-things-we-know-about-amazons-tv-adaptation). [first romantic comedy in more than a decade](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/ashton-kutcher-hadnt-done-a-rom-com-in-12-years-why-he-decided-to-star-in-one-opposite-reese-witherspoon), Kutcher appeared in his fair share of rom-coms in the early 2000s, including Just Married, My Boss’s Daughter, Guess Who, and What Happens in Vegas, to name a few. He has also appeared on shows like WandaVision and The Book of Boba Fett, the latter of which saw him play a young Tusken kid. You can see all of these actors in action in Your Place or Mine, which is streaming for anyone with a One of the biggest movies she’s been in at this point is Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder’s 2021 zombie movie in which she was [digitally added to replace Chris D’Elia](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2567891/why-tig-notaro-replaced-chris-delia-in-army-of-the-dead-and-how-they-did-it). It’s too early to say if [the new Netflix movie](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/2023-netflix-movie-release-dates), Your Place Or Mine, will find a spot on that list in the future, but the cast, led by Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, could put it in the running. Jackson Avery](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/greys-anatomys-jesse-williams-recalls-being-in-awe-of-sarah-drew-during-intimate-scenes-including-one-when-he-forgot-he-was-acting), a major part of the show’s cast dating back to the sixth season. [quintessential ‘90s classics](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2476359/10-classic-90s-movies-that-launched-a-list-careers) like Reality Bites, That Thing You Do!, You’ve Got Mail, and Happy, Texas, Zahn was everywhere in the first decade of his career.

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher are back in the new Netflix original romantic comedy film Your Place or Mine, and that's surely music to the ears of ...

Share your pick in the comments! There are a whopping 10 songs by The Cars played in the movie! Throughout the movie, you will notice many songs by the classic rock band The Cars.

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star in Your Place or Mine, a Netflix rom-com from writer-director Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, ...

The plot is so overstuffed that the pair reach the necessary third-act break-up with only ten minutes left in the runtime. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star in Your Place or Mine, a Netflix rom-com from writer-director Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses). Likewise, Witherspoon’s likeability is equally suited for the neurotic rom-com archetype she plays.

The poker chip is from the first night of Peter and Debbie's first date. Debbie kept it because she thought it would be a keepsake if their relationship ...

Peter running away from New York, and maybe even the rehabs, was running away from his feelings for Debbie. The poker chip is from the first night of Peter and Debbie’s first date. Peter published his book, Debbie is now an editor, and Jack is now on the hockey team. That’s until Peter steps in and flies out to watch Jack while Debbie flies to New York and stays in Peter’s luxury apartment. Debbie realizes her feelings for Peter and lets Theo down gently. Debbie is divorced and has a thirteen-year-old son, Jack (

Your Place or Mine is a straight-to-Netflix romantic comedy that reunites two likeable performers, Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon.

Many of the love triangles, such as Debbie’s and her gardener (Steve Zahn) and Peter’s superficial hook-up interest Minka, are introduced as quickly as they’re forgotten and never spoken of again. This experimentation is foreshadowed by a bizarre opening scene set in 2003, where we’re privy to Peter and Debbie’s first and only one-night stand. Peter befriends a school worker and friend of Debbie’s in LA, while Debbie herself meets one of Peter’s former hookups, Minka (Zoë Chao), in New York, a rather unpleasant figure with almost no endearing qualities. Meanwhile, Debbie struggles to balance her writing course and her life as a single mother. I’m playing fast and loose with the word ‘reunite’ here because Kutcher and Witherspoon aren’t in the same room together for most of the movie. On paper, the film had the potential to be a charming and enjoyable romantic comedy, like No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits (starring Kutcher’s wife, Mila Kunis).

Your Place or Mine movie review: Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher make for an easy pair to root for, but Netflix's new rom-com puts itself in a cage of ...

For starters, Brosh McKenna has Debbie and Peter spend almost the entirety of the movie in separate cities, united only by her frequent use of the split-screen and cross-cutting. For most of its run time, it feels like Your Place or Mine has completely forgotten that it is a Netflix rom-com at all. And while Debbie and Peter’s near-constant use of technology gives the movie a contemporary edge (and perhaps an added layer of relatability), nothing can replace the feeling of being in the same room with another person and feeling the energy shift, as you watch the air become thick with electricity and tension, buzzing in anticipation about who will make the first move. But a lack of winky self-awareness notwithstanding, Brosh McKenna understands the value that two good-looking leads can bring to a movie like this. Your Place or Mine could have turned into a story about a self-centred man who discovers that there’s more to life than empty hook-ups and a rebellious attitude when, like Hugh Grant in About a Boy, he is given the responsibility of taking care of a human child. Cut to the present day; she’s a single mother who wants to make up for lost time by taking a course in New York, and he’s a wealthy consultant who has settled into a lone-wolf lifestyle.

ICYMI, the new film stars Ashton Kutcher and the Legally Blonde star as two best friends, Debbie and Peter who are nothing alike. While Witherpsoon's character ...

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A pair of bonafide romantic comedy heavyweights are back to breathe new life into the once dominating genre with Your Place or Mine on Netflix.

Also, Peter relocated back to Los Angeles to live with Debbie and Jack. Debbie and Peter leave the airport together hand in hand, ready to embark on what’s next. In the movie, longtime friends Debbie and Peter swap houses, and therefore lives, for one week.

Scheduled to spend a week in New York getting a degree that will advance her career, Debbie abruptly loses her babysitting, at which point Peter gallantly steps ...

Brosh McKenna clearly knows her way around the genre (her writing credits also include “27 Dresses”), as do her stars. But those awkward red-carpet photos weren’t the only part of this exercise that didn’t quite work, whatever place one happens to watch it. Despite a fleeting history described as a “hookup,” Kutcher’s Peter and Witherspoon’s Debbie have been platonic friends for 20 years. While that has worked out before (think “Sleepless in Seattle”), it doesn’t here, in a Netflix movie that proves roughly as generic as its title. Then again, the movie is as much about real estate as romance, as well as the familiar question of paths taken and not chosen. Written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” renown (who also produced along with, among others, Witherspoon and Jason Bateman), “Your Place” hinges on Peter and Debbie learning to appreciate each other’s differences – she’s a stickler for routine, while he’s free-spirited, or “irresponsible” in her eyes – through their house-swap experiences.

The following stars appear in the Your Place or Mine cast. Reese Witherspoon as Debbie; Ashton Kutcher as Peter; Jesse Williams as Theo; Tig Notaro as Alicia ...

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Clearly the journey is always more important than the destination when it comes to romantic comedies, but there's barely a twist or detour or even a pothole ...

[Tig Notaro](/cast-and-crew/tig-notaro). (Seriously, name a Cars song, and it’s in this movie, including “ [Drive](/reviews/drive-2011)” while Peter is ... [Wesley Kimmel](/cast-and-crew/wesley-kimmel)). Split screens show that Debbie lives in a cluttered and colorful Los Angeles Craftsman while Peter lives in a sleek and spacious Brooklyn condo overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge. Even though they live across the country from each other, they still talk every day in some form, and while their conversations are breezy, they lack a believable spark. McKenna also wrote the far superior Oscar nominee “ [The Devil Wears Prada](/reviews/the-devil-wears-prada-2006).” Her latest film never comes close to reaching those heights in terms of sharp dialogue or richly drawn characters, but it also isn’t aiming that high.

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Let us know in the comments below! - Bye Bye Love – The Cars Below is the full soundtrack for all of the composed music and songs heard throughout Your Place or Mine.

Where was Your Place or Mine on Netflix filmed? Discover the New York and LA filming locations for the new Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher movie.

The production ended up using a Hollywood stage that was originally built for The Three Stooges. The scene where Debbie and Peter reunite at LAX was also filmed on a sound stage, rather than at the actual airport. For the exterior of Debbie’s LA home, the production found a house in the neighborhood of Echo Park. For the exterior shots outside Peter’s New York City bachelor pad, the production found a street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dumbo. But where was Your Place or Mine actually filmed? Written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna, Your Place or Mine stars Witherspoon as a neurotic single mother, Debbie, who needs to spend a week in New York City, away from her son, in order to finish up her business degree.

Netflix's new modern-day rom-com "Your Place or Mine" was filmed in Los Angeles and New York City. It features a Dumbo apartment and a home in Echo Park.

“We wanted the New York section to be a really strong element because so much is about Debbie’s journey to New York and how those experiences reawaken her,” director of photography Florian Ballhaus said in the brief. Debbie’s house, found by location manager Veronique Vowell, is located in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood at the top of a 100-step hillside walkway. Special effects supervisor Ron Bolanowski and his team constructed the people mover from scratch. [New York City](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36902116/what-to-do-in-new-york-city/) and [Los Angeles](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36803484/what-to-do-in-los-angeles/) have long been the backdrops of [iconic rom-coms](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a41922230/falling-for-christmas-netflix-filming-locations/). Another pivotal location in the film is LAX. He added: “It’s a very hip and trendy place, which Peter would be attracted to.

Aline Brosh McKenna on making 'Your Place or Mine' starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher film and potential The Devil Wears Prada sequel.

In a funny way, I am that wide-open person that I was in my early 30s. Someone left a pizza in the oven for so long that mold was growing out of the box and onto the grills. I’m old enough that I saw the good old days, and I can tell you that there are upsides now. It was a great experience for the first thing I ever shot. So it’s about following the trends in the business and about figuring out who you could put on your dance card who wants to dance that same mambo. Everything has changed so rapidly that the business needs to adjust to where we are now. But I was talking to someone the other day and he said, “I see your work as coming-of-age movies for adults.” I asked him if I could tuck that in my pocket, because that is how I see it. In a 2019 interview, you praised the “sky’s the limit” approach of TV over the corporate nature of film. I had a writing partner, Jeff Kahn, and we had a pilot called Young Americans for Disney and Fox. They’re why I fell in love with the movies I fell in love with. But there are some where I just handed over the script, hoping for the best. The movies that made me want to be a writer were the ones starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck.

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In preparation for playing two book lovers in 'Your Place or Mine,' Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon were given reading assignments.

And sometimes that brings you to realizing you shouldn't be a people pleaser, which is 27 Dresses. That idea that it's people going through something and sometimes that brings you to a zoo. We didn't have a lot of runway between the walkway and the end of the stage. In terms of rediscovering each other, the ember is also this dream of what they were going to be when they first met when they were in their 20s. But I think all of the movies, including Prada and Crazy Ex, always come down to the human emotion and what is underneath that. What you choose to do when you first enter the world is probably the purest form of your aspiration. Because it's about adults, because it's grown up, because it has scale, it felt really right for it to be the first movie I directed. ALINE BROSH MCKENNA: I went to New York to work on a movie and I needed a place to stay that was relatively inexpensive. Adds McKenna to EW: "I didn't know that Ashton would read all of the books I gave him. The other great thing about having been a showrunner was the years that I spent working so closely with actors and having my creative partner being an actor. One of them had an inscription to someone named Peter, so I decided that was Peter's book that she had kept when he moved." "With Reese, I gave her a bunch of books that I felt like Debbie had collected over the years — some first editions, some beat-up paperbacks.

Aline Brosh McKenna's ('The Devil Wears Prada') cross-country Netflix romcom shouldn't work given the leads' lack of sparks, yet has a strange charm.

Or if the characters were older — maybe that’d make it easier to buy into the idea that these two people are already so sure of what they want out of life, so experienced in the ritual of being let down by more titillating flings and affairs, that settling down with someone familiar might make noble sense. And Your Place or Mine is worth watching for that alone, this iron-willed commitment to the premise in full defiance of what the characters are actually giving us. Here she is, look at her go: showing up to her seminar with a backpack and new school supplies, practically huffing the scent of a newly-sharpened pencil, being all wide-eyed and adorably game for the joys of life, being completely absent of any kind of cynicism. When she and Williams’s publisher get to prattle their way through a handful of cute scenes, the movie finally lands on something: a counterargument. [romance](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/romance/) to watch! And then the backstories kick in and Your Place or Mine, which runs nearly two hours, gets distracted, pretending that it’s as worthwhile to watch Debbie chatting it up with Peter’s fab, New Yorkey ex as it is watching Peter try to play dad to Debbie’s perfectly well-adjusted teen. Your Place or Mine offers us a full-blown case for reverting back to the anodyne safety and security of the familiar, no matter the substantial downsides. When Your Place or Mine opens, Debbie and Peter get the split-screened, made-for-each-other visual gags familiar from old Doris Day and Rock Hudson comedies, those cutely twinned shots of each of them lying in bed reading at the same time, bathing at the same time, ritualistically in sync in ways neither of them fully realizes. Played, respectively, by [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/kacey-musgraves-reese-witherspoon-talk-struggles-for-women-in-country-music-713278/) and [Ashton Kutcher](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/a-closer-look-at-ashton-kutcher-69773/), Debbie and Peter are long-time friends. Debbie’s headed to New York for a week-long seminar (she’s trying to abandon her love of the literary arts in favor of a more practical job that pays more), and it’s supposed to be an occasion for her and her bestie to reunite. Each of these people (one more than the other, owing to a certain unevenness at the heart of the movie) has to choose between the genuine but uncertain chemistry that enters their lives — a real, tactile, tingly sexual spark — or the chance to return to their shared, multi-decade past, to the person that they know will never leave them because they’ve always already been there. He lives in a steely Brooklyn apartment with a view of Manhattan that’s furnished with a stove he’s never used, cutlery that’s never been opened, and a despairing lack of tchotchkes — there is not so much as a photo of himself or anyone he loves in plain sight.