Two childhood friends are very close. One is in love with the other. They grow apart and one becomes very successful while the other stays in their home town. Successful friend returns home with their current partner. Over the course of their return, they fall in love with childhood friend again and end their relationship with their current partner.
This synopsis descripes this movie and the 2005 film "just friends" starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, and Anna Ferris. The only difference is that the genders we're swapped.
Aside from the unoriginal story, the comedy was bland and the pacing was awful. The writing was fine (even the parts that weren't copied seemed to be uninteresting and uninspired) but the directing is what killed it. The two main actors did good with what they were given and made me believe they were real people for most of the movie.
SPOILERS!!: This movie falls victim to the predictable narrative of the two main characters being mad at each other for a small portion of the movie. Everything is going great and out of nowhere Randall Park's character just starts acting out and being a jerk to Ali Wong's character. They give a reason as to why he acts this way but no real person would take it to this extent in real life. All in all, the movie isn't great but the two main characters are portrayed by likable enough actors to prevent this movie from being a 2/10. The main characters parents have bad actors and I wish they were in less of the movie. This movie gets two stars for the high production quality and another star because of the two main actors. This movie is bad. Watch Just friends instead if you want a good rom com.
SPOILERS!!: This movie falls victim to the predictable narrative of the two main characters being mad at each other for a small portion of the movie. Everything is going great and out of nowhere Randall Park's character just starts acting out and being a jerk to Ali Wong's character. They give a reason as to why he acts this way but no real person would take it to this extent in real life. All in all, the movie isn't great but the two main characters are portrayed by likable enough actors to prevent this movie from being a 2/10. The main characters parents have bad actors and I wish they were in less of the movie. This movie gets two stars for the high production quality and another star because of the two main actors. This movie is bad. Watch Just friends instead if you want a good rom com.