Romantic Comedy Archives -

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE MOVIE REVIEW Romantic comedies tend to have a pretty pat formula. They epitomize lighthearted love stories filled with charming predictability. These films thrive on familiar tropes—meet-cutes, quirky protagonists, and inevitable misunderstandings that tear the lovers apart. There are comedic sidekicks or best friends who provide comic relief and sage advice. […]

ROBOTS MOVIE REVIEW In an almost Idiocracy “We’re doomed” not-too-distant future, the “big, beautiful” border wall has been completed, and 11 million people have been sent to the other side, leaving a massive non-complaining, non-raping workers hole to fill (the movie’s pointed satirical words, not ours). Tesla has advanced robotics technology to enable humanity to […]

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? MOVIE REVIEW Love, true love, is what brings us critics here today to talk about a movie about marriage. Marriage, that blessed arrangement, that dream within a dream. Director Shekhar Kapur and writer Jemima Khan present a romantic comedy that looks at the arrangement of marriage and asks […]

GHOSTED MOVIE REVIEW If you only watched the first 30 minutes of this new romantic Apple+ film starring Ana De Armas and Chris Evans, you might think you’re watching a Lifetime movie. Evans plays Cole, an unlucky-in-love farmer and agricultural historian who has recently been dumped when he crosses paths with Sadie (De Armas), a […]

RYE LANE MOVIE REVIEW Raine Allen-Miller’s directorial debut, Rye Lane, tells the story of Dom and Yas. Brought together by an emotional breakdown of Dom’s design, in a gender neutral, bathroom, Dom is having a terrible time getting over his ex, and Yas wants to let him know that it will be okay. Rom-coms tend […]

MAYBE I DO MOVIE REVIEW There comes a time in every cisgendered, white male’s, life where he has to settle down with an equally boring cisgendered, white, woman. At least, in this universe, the woman is expecting a lifelong commitment, but that comes to halt when Allen (Luke Bracey) intercepts the bouquet at a wedding, […]

THE VALET MOVIE REVIEW One of the tried and true rom-com formulas is taking two people from different worlds and contriving a reason for them to have to pretend to be a couple. And now, there’s a new entry into the genre, Hulu’s much smaller albeit more charming The Valet, starring Eugenio Derbez (How To […]

I WANT YOU BACK MOVIE REVIEW The basic plot of any romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately realize their love for one another and reunite. Perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other and the film ends […]