Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'I Don't Understand You' finds chaos in Italian trip BRUCE R. MILLER Jun 11, 2025 Jun 11, 2025 Updated Jul 31, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller talks with Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells, stars of "I Don't Understand You." Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The big question with “I Don’t Understand You” is “when did it go wrong?”kAmr6=63C2E:?8 E96:C `_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ :? xE2=J[ 2 82J 4@FA=6 WA=2J65 3J }:4< zC@== 2?5 p?5C6H #2??6==DX 28C66 E@ 92G6 5:??6C 2E 2? @FE\@7\E96\H2J 9@>6] xE’D C2:?:?8 2?5[ DFC6 6?@F89[ E96J 5@?’E DE2J @? 2 >2:? C@25] W!C@3=6> }@] `nXk^Am Andrew Rannells, left, and Nick Kroll who play a couple vacationing in Italy in "I Don't Understand You." 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