With Your Permission

Initially intriguing but ultimately saddled with more quirks than it can handle.

Despite both Steen as a thesp and Jensen as a writer making their early international impact with Dogma works, the austere verities are long gone here.

...the film eventually wears out its welcome...

I know, I know -- there's nothing funny about spousal abuse. And yet, there are very funny moments in this film that allow it to be entertaining, in spite of its potentially weighty subject matter.