"Ashley Madison," a dating site for married cheaters, had the fastest-growing membership for years, second only to Facebook. "Gleeden," the female-driven version has just launched, like the Bumble of Ashely Madison. This atypical Rom-Com is a sendup of both, with a subtly powerful message about endless greed, and the hilarious descent into hell that follows.
SYNOPSIS
Failing lower-middle-class couple BOB and JANET seem doomed to mediocrity, forever. Until unexpectedly, Janet’s wealthy father ROY dies after dumping his 6th trophy wife, leaving them millions. They move to an estate in toney Bentley Cove, and immediately launch an ambitious campaign to impress their wealthy neighbors. Then suddenly, they lose everything to a Ponzi scheme.
Desperate to hold onto “the life,” Bob and Janet start a clandestine dating website for married people looking to cheat on their spouses. The plan succeeds famously as the money starts to pour in – until they realize their new neighbors are all signing up, in droves.
Things quickly snowball. Potentially disastrous hookups between anonymous family members threaten to blow the lid off their profitable new venture. They hire disinherited hacker-slacker ROSS to monitor the website and block clients from arranging inappropriate trysts. Crisis averted – for the moment.
When a neighbor who smells “new money” asks Bob what he does, Bob cryptically alludes to being in “Hi-Tech.” Word spreads. Thinking Bob is onto the Next Big Thing, suddenly all the neighbors want to INVEST. And won’t take no for an answer, believing they’ll make 10X their investment.
Suddenly, Bob and Janet find themselves running... a Ponzi scheme. And a website harboring all their neighbors' explosive secrets. Then, unbeknownst to Bob and Janet, Ross sees the stepfather who threw himto the curb after he came out is on the website, cheating. And begins blackmailing him, for revenge. The stepfather hires a private detective who discovers the site is being run from his new neighbors’ house, owned by none other than – Bob and Janet. As Ross turns the screws on his stepfather, Bob and Janet suddenly realize -- SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL THEM!
Janet comes up with the Machiavellian scheme to throw a party – and invite all the neighbors. Reasoning that the one who’s trying to kill them won’t show, unable to face them. By process of elimination, they’ll find out who wants them dead.
As things escalate, Bob and Janet discover Ross's blackmail scheme. Demanding to know who he’s targeting, an altercation ensues and Bob ends up knocking Ross out with a pool cue. What now?
Seeing it all on the verge of collapse, Bob and Janet discover they’ll do anything – anything – to hold onto “the life.” A little blackmail, a little murder – who knows what we’re all capable of, to "keep the dream alive"?
This is gonna be one helluva party...
