Winner - Best Performance
Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Winner - Best Narrative
BendFilm Festival
BendFilm Festival
Winner - Best Acting
BendFilm Festival
BendFilm Festival
Mark’s decided to do something bad…
In this funny and honest depiction of the messiness of modern marriage, Mark and Beth are of childbearing age and inclination, but have been struggling to conceive. Beth, a woman betrayed by her own body, is matched by the awkward Mark, who feels betrayed by life. Confused and frustrated by his disappointments, he turns to online dating to shop for the perfect affair. Given his tendency to reveal his motives up front, his encounters tend to be short and ugly, until he meets the avid Louise, whose complex attitude sets them all down an unexpected path.
“Amazing... laugh-out-loud hilarious... I really can’t speak highly enough about this movie.”
“Sealey manages to buck innumerable conventions, which makes her career worth tracking.”
“One of the most relevant and eloquent portraits of modern marriage to date.”
“The acting is fearless... Sealey proves she is a writer with a distinct voice and a director with a clear vision... How to Cheat takes on some difficult questions and does not cheat us with easy answers.”
“Dug deeper and messier, heroically past the point of comfort.”
“Equal parts sexy and scary...”
“Sealey’s patient screenplay has a clean, intelligent structure that could easily become watered down for Hollywood treatment, but she defies expectations.”
