Fortunately or unfortunately I watched this movie on Netflix back to back with the rom-com, Destination Wedding. Run don't walk to see Destination Wedding and skip this one, The Boy Downstairs. Both movies are basically the boy-meets girl modern relationship but they couldn't be more different. The Boy Downstairs is about two millenials and that's about all I can really say about this movie. There is some cute humor between them but it is so deadpan that you can miss it. The traditional "girlfriend" of the female protagonist is so creepy, that she makes you cringe. And the new girlfriend of the male protagonist, is so unlikable that you can only use the "B" word to describe her.
Destination Wedding is two crotchety, nerdy, unlikable braniacs that meet at a wedding. The movie is basically just the two of them in a half a dozen traditional wedding situations (rehearsal, wedding, post wedding, and trip to and from the wedding). But the fighting between the two of them is so acerbic, funny, intelligent. From the moment she yells at him at the airport gate, you know they will connect at the end. Some scenes are so funny I was spitting. I will never open a bag of peanuts in an airplane without thinking and laughing about this movie. Kudos to Keanu Reeves for taking on this role. He was great.
Destination Wedding is two crotchety, nerdy, unlikable braniacs that meet at a wedding. The movie is basically just the two of them in a half a dozen traditional wedding situations (rehearsal, wedding, post wedding, and trip to and from the wedding). But the fighting between the two of them is so acerbic, funny, intelligent. From the moment she yells at him at the airport gate, you know they will connect at the end. Some scenes are so funny I was spitting. I will never open a bag of peanuts in an airplane without thinking and laughing about this movie. Kudos to Keanu Reeves for taking on this role. He was great.