An average movie

To be honest, even before watching the damned thing, I actually already had some mixed feelings. Indeed, on one hand, it didn't make much waves when it was released and it has been a while since Rob Reiner did release anything really amazing. However, it did manage to reach an impressive 7.7 rating on IMDB so I still wanted to check it out. Well, even though it was probably the best movie delivered by Rob Reiner during the last 20 years, I can't say it really blew me away though. I mean, it was a decent tale about teenage romance, I'll give you that, but there was still enough that bothered me. I mean, right from the start, the main character tells you that he can't stand the girl next door to him but you already know that they will eventually end up together. Right from there, this whole journey was just so predictable and, even though the process to get there was decent, it was never really amazing. Another thing that bothered me was that, even though they tried really hard to show how deep and complex these teenagers were supposed to be, they also made sure that all the grown-ups around them were as flat and one-dimensional as possible. It was probably a result of having a rather short running (barely 90 mins) and, yet, they decided to show every single events from 2 different points of view which was not necessarily a bad idea but, as a result, many characters were not really developed. Finally, the last thing that bothered me was the fact that even though they managed to deliver one of the most realistic teenage romances I have ever seen, this realistic approach also had a downside. Indeed, basically, teenagers usually fall in love for the wrong reasons and, as a result, their romances are usually tedious which was also the case here. In this case, the only reason she falls in love with him was only because of his dreamy eyes and the only reason he didn't want to be with her was because she was slightly weird but, at the end of the day, they just didn't know each other at all, which was actually quite realistic but also not really interesting or entertaining. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10