This film has the feel of a glorified YouTube video mixed with a personal essay and a dash of uncited sources. The filmmaker does a good job summarizing the basic contemporary complaints about romantic comedies as a genre, and I agree with her take that rom coms are now disguising themselves in other genres (although the example of God's Own Country doesn't feel perfect because it seems like just a romance, not a rom com-having a declaration of love and a happy ending don't automatically make a film a rom com). However, I was bothered that the other voices she brought in are not given any face time or credited; there's no way to know which name from the opening credits goes with which voice. And the music throughout does not add anything. Be a video essay and explain why you're sharing each clip or be a montage that lets viewers draw their own conclusions, but this mush mash of both doesn't work.
Review of Romantic Comedy
