Friends with Kids

Friends with Kids (2012) is a sharp romantic comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Jennifer Westfeldt wrote it, directed it, and stars as Julie, who hatches a plan with her longtime best friend Jason: have a baby together, but stay just friends.

Their reasoning sounds airtight. Watching marriage and parenthood quietly wreck the couples around them, Julie and Jason figure they can split custody, share the kid, and keep dating other people on the side. The arrangement holds until each of them gets serious with someone new. Jason pairs off with Megan Fox's character, Julie with Edward Burns's, and both slowly realize the feelings between them were never platonic. Adam Scott plays opposite Westfeldt, backed by a Bridesmaids-heavy cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm, and Chris O'Dowd.

The film is more honest than most rom-coms about how messy it gets when friendship and co-parenting collide with real desire. It is a talky, grown-up comedy aimed squarely at the thirty-something crowd. Stream Friends with Kids (2012) online on iFILM.