What If
Directed by: Michael Dowse
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Adam Driver, Megan Park
Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: August 8, 2014 (Chicago)
Plot: A young man (Radcliffe) begins to fall for a young woman (Kazan) who has a boyfriend.
Who’S It For? Those who watch romantic comedies so that they can have something on while cleaning the house.
Overall
With respect to its desire for both romance and comedy What If tries too hard. As in, character-falls-out-of-an-open-window-after-getting-pepper-in-his-eye-and-someone-trying-to-help-accidentally-opens-a-door-on-his-face-and-sends-him-to-the-pavement-two-stories-below trying too hard. This is also the same type of film that genuinely uses impulsive international travel, where characters are given certain ideas of financial constraints, but nonetheless travel back and forth because of the need to have a face-to-face confrontation.
What If is this year’s most misguided romantic comedy and is gravely in need of a punchline; it could be the indie comedy’s They Came Together...
Directed by: Michael Dowse
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Adam Driver, Megan Park
Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: August 8, 2014 (Chicago)
Plot: A young man (Radcliffe) begins to fall for a young woman (Kazan) who has a boyfriend.
Who’S It For? Those who watch romantic comedies so that they can have something on while cleaning the house.
Overall
With respect to its desire for both romance and comedy What If tries too hard. As in, character-falls-out-of-an-open-window-after-getting-pepper-in-his-eye-and-someone-trying-to-help-accidentally-opens-a-door-on-his-face-and-sends-him-to-the-pavement-two-stories-below trying too hard. This is also the same type of film that genuinely uses impulsive international travel, where characters are given certain ideas of financial constraints, but nonetheless travel back and forth because of the need to have a face-to-face confrontation.
What If is this year’s most misguided romantic comedy and is gravely in need of a punchline; it could be the indie comedy’s They Came Together...
- 8/11/2014
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
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