Which Brings Me to You (2023) User Reviews

These two hot messes meet at a wedding and have a therapy-like coming together.

[cgvsluis · 6/10 · 9 April 2024]

Lucy Hale, who I discovered in "The Hating Game", is absolutely lovely...but plays the hot mess Jane in this film. Together with Nat Wolff, who plays Will, they make up the romantic duo which starts as a simple wedding guest hook-up...but quickly and somewhat awkwardly morphs into the potential for more.

These two are well suited for one another, Hale and Wolff, with excellent chemistry. The story is unusual for a romantic comedy, in fact it tells itself rather inside out. We learn about all of their past failed relationships...the why you wouldn't want to be in a relationship with either one, but at some point you start pulling for these two.

I am not going to say this is the most romantic film, but I think young people today might identify with their plight. While not on my recommendation list, I didn't hate it. I enjoy some of the dialogue and the idea of being brutally honest from the start.

Definitely no romcom

[crazybuthappy-26804 · 6/10 · 7 February 2024]

I kept reading how this was a romcom, but it's definitely missing the comedy part.

Lucy Hale is great, Nat Wolff was ok, the soundtrack was horrible. I think the movie would have so much more potential but the soundtrack was one of the things that kind of killed it and made it quite boring.

It's always this mellow music with no exciting parts.

In my opinion the movie consisted of way too many slow scenes and too little funny scenes to lift the mood. I also don't get how they cast all these beautiful women as his ex-partners and these, well, not as attractive men for her. She had zero chemistry with any of them.

The chemistry between the main characters was also not the greatest. I was so looking forward to this movie but am pretty disappointed.

Which brings me to my review.

[Boristhemoggy · 6/10 · 8 February 2024]

Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.

Firstly Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff, who play Jane and Will, have what many others are calling 'chemistry'. I say, they are both just putting in fine performances. I was really invested in the characters as for once they weren't a 'forced' couple to fit a woke ideology, and they weren't an idealistic couple that no-one could relate to. They were the epitome of a genuine couple in everything they did.

Sadly the RomCom genre has to have a breakup before the heroes get together and this was no different. But at least they did get back together without sleeping with someone else while on a break, Ross and Rachel style.

There's a lot said in the descriptions of their past lives and so I think the film might resonate with many people as most of us have been through at least one of the situations mentioned.

We're all human and we're all fallible and that's part of the dating and marriage scene. But it's nice to think there can be a happy ever after and the golden rule -as they eloquently state at the end- is to keep talking to one anther and figure it out.

Typically mushy in parts and the brass band at the end really took the edge off the ending scene for me. It sounded more like a military movie than anything.

Nevertheless I enjoyed it and I give it my normal 6 stars. If you like RomComs I think you will like this one.

Not romantic, more shrink-ic

[ThatDoesntMatter · 4 February 2024]

And it had such a nice beginning.

Until they started talking.

And they never stop talking.

, All very woke with her initialising casual sex and him wanting to get to know her first. Ha-ha. Lame.

Thing is, it doesn't stay light-hearted. It turns out to be 'let's tell each other all about our sex lives / partners up to now.' How boring. And how dysfunctional they both were and are. What gives us any hint that their union would succeed? Nothing, that's what. Just because they told each other? That's very blue-eyed.

Him not mentioning his daughter really was a low blow and ruined the movie. And listen how cute he is with his kid. Totally unbelievable. Then he washes off his sins in the ocean and is reborn to start the first meaningful relationship of his life? Good luck with that. She should have run, but I guess she still likes lost causes.

They're nice enough and easy on the eye, he a much better actor than her.

Not recommended.

Selfish, clueless millennials belly-button gazing with nothing cute about it. And nothing fun. And nothing real, or really honest. Pretend / pretentious.

Okay movie. Better than averge netflix rom-com.

[aditya_ingole · 6/10 · 3 February 2024]

The leads met at the wedding and spent the time together talking about their past relationships.

The movie has a heart but it would have worked if they had made the story a little better. Not some of the trash that Netflix pumps regularly. But the story becomes more unbelievable as the time goes on. I can handle some improbable things but it becomes ridiculous if overdone. They spend the whole movie talking with each other. The chemistry between them is somewhat lacking. The movie rests solely on the two leads which makes the chemistry between them everything. This is good for a casual watch. But can't recommend it to anyone who is not a rom-com fanatic.

interesting attempt

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 20 March 2024]

Jane (Lucy Hale) and Will (Nat Wolff) are strangers and guests at a wedding. She almost has drunken sex with him before he stops her. They start to talk about their past relationships.

My initial superficial take is that Will needs to be hunkier. It would help especially since his character pulls so many beautiful women. After that initial thought, my next hot take is that this is trying to be Before Sunrise. Again, this would benefit from an Ethan Hawke like actor. The main difference is the many flashbacks. I both like them and have issues with them. I would like Will to have fewer women and concentrate on setting up the final reveal. Juliet should be his first 'girlfriend' story and then the last flashback should be a repeat of the same story with the truth revealed. At the end of the day, I really like the attempt even if it's not completely successful.

Not Good Enough

[PennyReviews · 2/10 · 4 March 2024]

Romantic melodrama '' which brings me to you '' is a movie based on a book by the same title and it tells the story of two people who meet at a wedding and share their romantic experiences so far.

And even though the concept is interesting, the movie doesn't deliver. Sure, it is a nice story to read, but not to watch, as the past stories ended up being more interesting than the main one. Especially since the main couple didn't have any chemistry or any moments to support their big and instant connection that lead them to a romance of a day.

The performances, on the other hand, were decent enough.

Harsh but True

[smilerooney · 5/10 · 3 February 2024]

The bones are there, ready to be reaped of a ghost, yet the spectre is hazy.

I liked the plot. The chemistry was a little lacking, though the more poignant moments showed an abundance-so much so that I suspect some of the writing played a significant role in dampening the spark between the characters.

The characters as individuals and the way they related to each others shortcomings highlighted the best part of the movie. We all suffer the fear of rejection, of being unable and afraid of sharing our most horrendous selves, but the way they connected and sympathised inspires hope.

Ultimately, as a movie, a form of entertainment, it was, unfortunately, subpar. Still, I think it worth viewing.

Excrutiatingly tedious 'romance' relying on two main characters who're neither likeable nor interesting

[danieljfarthing · 2/10 · 28 March 2024]

In director Peter Hutchings' pretentious romance flick "Which Brings Me To You" Nat Wolff (terrific actor - wasted here) & Lucy Hale (meh) meet at a wedding where he defers having sex til after they've shared long, competitive accounts of their love-lives (only Keith Bunin knows why (or Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott on whose novel he based this screenplay on)). It gets tedious fast, and ends up dragging excrutiatingly - mainly due to the dislikeableness of the characters, particularly Hale's. Any appeal it could have would rely on maintaining interest in the two leads... who except to themselves (and apparently each other) are not interesting at all. A turd. Flush it away.

A heartwarming story easy to relate to

[noticeably_nostalgic · 8/10 · 2 February 2024]

You know, I'm sharing my first ever review here because it felt a crime this movie didn't have any and it just hit me so hard.

Not sure, either, if others will relate as well but it just hit home so hard to a relationship of the greatest love I've had that fell through due to heavy past and then on it's way to being together despite it all because love can conquer all (if you choose it).

Kind of felt very relatable. A different take on a story told in so many times and in so many ways. It felt fresh, it felt so heartbreakingly true. I felt the character's pain as my own. I felt their hope of finding the right piece of broken to make a whole as my own.

I get that this review is not some critical acclaim but it struck a chord. If you are a fan of long, deep conversations with loved ones (or someone that could be one), give it a shot. It might suprise you and you can find some of your own pain (and hope) in it.

[5.3] Lucy Hale needs to be more sensual and less PLL

[cjonesas · 5/10 · 2 May 2024]

A bland romance movie that though semi-interesting, is not impactful as a romantic "comedy". Their romantic stories and the developments that ensue are the most interesting parts, though by themselves they don't advance the script much forward.

It lacks thrilling realism in a sensual way, their experiences are just there to fill up as screenplay fillers and if it was engrossed with a more detailed ending, going together to his daughter's birthday party and being there for at least 5 minutes, it would have gathered another ratings point.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 5
• Production value/impact: 4.5
• Development: 7
• Realism: 6
• Entertainment: 5.5
• Acting: 6.5
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 6.5
• VFX: 5.5
• Music/score/sound: 5
• Depth: 4.5
• Logic: 3
• Flow: 6
• Romance: 5
• Ending: 4.5.

Really good film

[techheadsteve · 8/10 · 4 April 2024]

I put this on half heartedly, a rom com, summink to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon in grey old blustery England.

Turns out I really enjoyed it.

Lucy Hale is a very attractive lead although I didn't really get the charm of Nat Wolf. However the two work well together.

Nice that they (almost) get the sex bit out of the way at the beginning, then the rest of the film focuses a lot on each of their past relationships.

Some other comments have mentioned the soundtrack but for me it was fine, all blended in nicely.

I guess a lot of enjoying a film is the mood you are in & I was in the mood for a soppy rom com, glad this one turned out better than I hoped.