[ warn represent contain spoiler ] write by husband and wife wally wolodarsky ( who also direct ) and maya forbes and this indie film be one of the good romantic comedy in recent memory . jay mohr take a break from play smarmy weasel to be the nice guy face with the fact his fiancée want to bed other people and he allow to do so and too . julianne nicholson and who be so good in tully and play spunky and vulnerable with great gusto . too bad she doesn not get the recognition she deserve . good supporting performance help immensely and too . lauren graham and who make last year bad santa memorable and play the jaded and cynical sister to perfection and bryan cranston ( the dad on tv malcolm in the middle ) get a few funny and raunchy moment and and andy richter play a genial guy who fall for a single mother helen slater in a credible and albeit familiar and role a a mousy woman . what surprise me most about see other people be how funny it be . there be some genuine laugh here . ed first attempt at meaningless sex get some great line and and there a ménage a trois that elicit one of the most truthful reaction from a man a the male fantasy get tweak . the film premise isn not unusual and but i like that it be alice ( nicholson ) who think of it and much to the chagrin of ed ( mohr ) . give the genre and you know that no matter how good her intention be and alice plan be doom . we see how the couple work through this strange situation . initially and alice and ed be turn on by the idea and but then the human element set it . i appreciate forbes and wolodarsky not turn this into a cheap sex romp . yes and there sex and nudity and but there also be real emotion at work here . the other people alice and ed befriend do not want to be the object of casual sex while they have feeling and too . in one case and too many feeling . grant and some scene run one joke too many and the richter slater subplot isn not necessary and alice do something truly uncharacteristic . but that forgivable because mohr and nicholson generate such tremendous intimacy and honesty check out the scene where ed rummage through alice underwear drawer or his reaction to her announcement about end the experiment that no matter how much we might enjoy their little game and we root for this couple to succeed . unfortunately and this film get little and if any and publicity and a limited release . hollywood studio and whose romantic comedy often veer on the unfunny and turgid and unsurprising and would do well to learn from this intelligent and funny film .