Bailey Makes Three

When a lesbian couple has trouble conceiving, they fill the void with an unruly rescue dog who tests their relationship.

In today’s film climate, bombastic blockbusters rule the box office. But they rarely rule our hearts. It’s those idiosyncratic yet realistic dramas that have the strongest power over our emotions.

Especially ones with sympathetic protagonists facing a relatable dilemma, like Imani and Pritika in Bailey Makes Three, a couple who’d like to extend their family but have been challenged by both bureaucracy and bad luck.

But does family = humans only? Not in Imani’s world. She’s adopted a delightful young dog called Bailey without consulting Pritika. Well, a dog that the audience sees as a “hairy middle-age man in a shabby puppy ear hat.” Yeah.

If the audience sees the dog as that, Pritika sees him as a third-wheeling nuisance after a few…incidents, albeit ones that any playful pup would do.

Yet when they leave Bailey alone in their apartment for an evening, he’s so playful that his “antics” threaten to tear apart the family he was meant to add to. Future events, including a tragic mistake by Pritika, only make the foundations weaker until the whole relationship looks set to collapse.

Until both use Bailey to repair the cracks. But how?

Well, you’ll have to read on to find out. Along the way, you’re certain to enjoy the witty dialogue and amusing canine capers generously sprinkled in the script that make this simple story so memorable!