Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well. I have some movies to catch you up on and they are all oddly romances (which you’d think that means I love them but I actually only recommend one so go figure.) Anyway, here’s some movie thoughts:

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE- NETFLIX

I was actually pretty intrigued when I saw the poster an trailer for Mother of the Bride. I knew there was  good chance it would be another middling rom-com from Netflix but the Father of the Bride franchise is so good I hoped this would be a fresh take on that formula. Unfortunately it ended up being generic at best and not part of the Father of the Bride franchise at all. So, it in the end was disappointing.

The cast in Mother of the Bride is great with Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt taking the leading roles. This is a second chance love story where the former beaus meet again when their children (Miranda Cosgrove and Sean Teale) decide to get married. This could be a nice setup for a rom-com full of family shenanigans but everything feels so played out and bland that it left me underwhelmed. The jokes aren’t funny and the chemistry isn’t there so it just doesn’t work.

5 out of 10

Frown Worthy

THE IDEA OF YOU- AMAZON PRIME

Next up we have another romantic comedy, The Idea of You, that is going to Amazon Prime although I was lucky enough to see it in the theater. This film stars Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine (who I adored in Red White and Royal Blue last year.)and while it not as good as RWARB, it is a solid entertaining little romantic comedy.

Hathaway stuns as Solene who makes an impression on the much younger boy band member Hayes Campbell at Coachella with her daughter and the two begin a sexy yet tender relationship. The chemistry is there despite the age difference and there’s lots of pretty people in pretty places falling in love, which is enough for me these days!

The only real problem with the movie is Hayes is written rather inconsistently. One minute he’s a has-been that a teen girl wants nothing to do with and the next he’s being paparazzi stalked at every turn. The movie couldn’t quite decide. I do, however, like the ending which pushes the characters to a real and meaningful relationship. It’s an enjoyable love story I wish more got to see in the theater like I did.

6 out of 10

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BACK TO BLACK- IN THEATERS

Finally we have Back to Black. It’s the latest music biopic about musician Amy Winehouse, which is honestly extremely disappointing. I’m not above enjoying a predictable musician biopic but my main problem with this movie is it tells us so little about Winehouse as a musician. We learn almost nothing about her process or how she comes up with the melodies/lyrics. We don’t get a handle for why she even likes to sing or what she gains from the experience. It is all about her traumatic and tumultuous love affair with her husband Blake. I’m sure this relationship was very important to her but shouldn’t we learn something here about her music?

Marisa Abela gives it her all as Amy and Jack O’Connell is charming as Blake but nothing else stands out or feels beyond a TV movie level of quality (but lacking the fun and camp of a TV movie.) It’s unfortunately a tedious and predictable take on an iconic singer forgetting to actually tell her story. Unfortunately, i’s definitely one of the worst movies of the year.

3 out of 10

Frown Worthy

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