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Dean (6921 KP) rated When We First Met (2018) in Movies
May 23, 2021
Groundhog Rom-Com
A fun, breezy and a little cheesy Rom-Com with a good story. A guy uses a photobooth to relive the same night to win his dream girl over. Each time with different consequences. The main cast are well known and raise this just above average. An easy watch to unwind to.
Erika (17788 KP) rated Head Over Heels (2001) in Movies
Jan 12, 2021 (Updated Jan 12, 2021)
Sloane Crosley recommended Harold and Maude (1971) in Movies (curated)
Dean (6921 KP) rated Long Shot (2019) in Movies
May 10, 2019 (Updated Nov 16, 2020)
Good feel good Rom-Com
I had heard good reviews for this but was a little wary at the run time, along with Seth Rogen being a bit hit and miss. Thankfully this was quite a feel good funny Rom-Com. It doesn't feel like it's trying too hard for jokes. The chemistry between Theron and Rogen really makes the difference.
Lucas Ledain (17 KP) rated Isn't It Romantic (2019) in Movies
May 19, 2019
Rebel Wilson is hilarious (3 more)
Surprisingly meta
The Deadpool of Rom-Coms (PG-13 version)
Chemistry between Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine
Predictable (2 more)
Liam Hemsworth
Offensive gay stereotype
Clever dissection of the ROM com genre even if it falls into the clichés itself on occasion
Ross (3282 KP) rated Isn't It Romantic (2019) in Movies
Mar 4, 2019
A slightly self-aware rom-com (yet still a rom-com)
Isn't it Romantic is a self-aware pseudo re-telling of the Bridget Jones' Diary plot. Perennial walkover Natalie (Rebel Wilson) fawns over hunky douche-bag men, while missing the decent, down-to-earth man who clearly has feelings for her. Told from an early age by her mum (a brief, wasted appearance by Jennifer Saunders) that she isn't good enough for fairy tale romance and she shouldn't expect it, Natalie is a huge critic of Rom-Coms and hates their cheesy plots. A bump on the head sees her waking up in a fantasy version of New York where men fall at her feet and she has the apartment of her dreams and a new gay best friend. Finding herself in the plot of her own rom-com, she ends up dating the aforementioned hunky douche-bag while the decent, down-to-earth guy dates a swimwear model.
Some laugh-out-loud moments from here on, as her annoyance at the ridiculous cheesy world she's found herself in. Something similar to Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie (which I don't mind admitting I love!), but with more adult themes.
But in the end the film lets itself down by falling into the trap of the typical rom-com plot. It nearly saves itself and serves as a good, feminist message but then lets itself down in the dying minutes by reverting to type.
A good funny rom-com but not necessarily the anti-rom-com it bills itself as. Watched with my wife and 11-year-old daughter, it is mostly fine for that age.
Some laugh-out-loud moments from here on, as her annoyance at the ridiculous cheesy world she's found herself in. Something similar to Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie (which I don't mind admitting I love!), but with more adult themes.
But in the end the film lets itself down by falling into the trap of the typical rom-com plot. It nearly saves itself and serves as a good, feminist message but then lets itself down in the dying minutes by reverting to type.
A good funny rom-com but not necessarily the anti-rom-com it bills itself as. Watched with my wife and 11-year-old daughter, it is mostly fine for that age.
