"Seven and A Match" is about a group of college friends meeting for a weekend at the rural Maine home of Ellie (played by the adorable Tina Holmes) several years after graduation. Ostensibly, she invites them over for a reunion, but her real motive is to hatch a plot to torch the place. You see, Ellie's parents were killed in a car accident, and have left her no money, a mountain of debt, and a fat insurance policy on the house. Even though they're Yale graduates, none is very successful in either their private or professional lives. Besides being broke, Ellie's only serious relationship is a platonic one with a live-in guy friend (Daniel Sauli) whom she bosses around. Sid (Eion Bailey) is a struggling actor with latent sexual identity questions whose father is threatening to throw him out of the house unless he becomes an investment banker. Peter (Adam Scott) is a struggling gay writer who can't find a meaningful relationship. Whit (Heather Donahue) is about to jump into a marriage she's so unsure about that she doesn't invite her fiancé to the get-together, or even reveal her engagement to her friends. Blair (Petra Wright) has never gotten over a long-ago affair with Sid, and has brought along her clueless boyfriend (Devon Gummershall), a New Haven "townie". It doesn't take the septet long to start insulting, humiliating, and seducing one another. Well, at least none of them is a felon - poor Ellie can't find anyone to burn down the house for her.
I can honestly say that I really enjoyed this film. But after seeing it, and considering the two Yalies who represented us in the last presidential election, I'm more convinced than ever that my kid's going to a public university.
I can honestly say that I really enjoyed this film. But after seeing it, and considering the two Yalies who represented us in the last presidential election, I'm more convinced than ever that my kid's going to a public university.