Movie Review: Anyone but You

 

Michael's Movie Grade: C+

An enjoyable but formulaic romantic comedy.

This movie is basically Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing reimagined as a modern-day romantic comedy. Despite this and an R rated sense of humor, this is still in many ways your typical rom-com. This is not to say that it isn't still an enjoyable film. The main couple is very likable. As I have said many times on this blog the most important thing in any romance movie is that we care about the main couple getting together. That is luckily one of the strongest strengths of this movie. The characters are very likable, even when they are at odds with each other. Not only this but Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell have fantastic chemistry. Even in the scenes in which they are fighting, you believe that these two do truly love each other. The whole cast is actually wonderful in this movie. Each player brings a real charm to this film that make even the most basic characters easy to like. While the humor is not as raunchy as I expected it to be, it is actually funnier than I expected. There are some truly funny moments in this film that actually made me really laugh. One scene with the female lead trying to steal a cookie from the male lead made me laugh out loud. This is also a very pleasant looking movie that truly takes advantage of its Australian setting. 

The main problem with this movie is simply that everything is so similar to films that we have already seen that it makes it hard for this to stand out. Because of this, despite being entertaining, you may forget that this movie existed not long after watching it. There is also the problem that despite the humor being quite funny at times, there are also times when there is too long of a gap between the real laughs. The film can also drag during its middle section, as we are waiting for what we all know is going to happen to actually happen. 

This is not what anyone would call great cinema but it makes for a very nice and enjoyable trip to the movies.