An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have weak spot for Lily Collins, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, the damned thing was certainly not original and did remind me of many famous romantic comedies such as ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘My Best Friend's Wedding’ and, above all, ‘When Harry Met Sally...’. The other major obstacle for this movie was the fact there was no actual meet-cute, in fact, right from the start, it was pretty obvious that the two characters were heads over heels for each other, apparently since kindergarten, so how they could they keep them apart until the end of the movie? Well, in contrary to ‘When Harry Met Sally...’ which handled this concept perfectly, it was however never really convincing here. For example, was Alex an orphan with no friends whatsoever? How come nobody told him to wake the f*ck up and just tell this girl what he feels? For Rosie, it wasn’t much better. Indeed, she did have a family but nobody mentioned that she should probably get with Alex. Furthermore, how weird was that the only friend she ever had was the girl working at the drugstore where she bought her pregnancy test? And, yet, even if it was rather poorly developed (or in fact not developed whatsoever), the concept really had some potential and if I think it could have been pretty good if they took a slightly more realistic and darker approach. Furthermore, Lily Collins and Sam Claflin were both so charismatic and they had tons of chemistry together. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch, above all thanks to the charming leads, and I think it is worth a look but probably only if you really like the genre.