Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda is a movie starring Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.