Michael's Movie Grade: B-
A basically charming rom-com.
In this movie, a man and a woman who have had no luck at relationships (more than partly due to themselves), meet a wedding and find themselves going on a fantasy like journey together where they must relive moments of their pasts. This basic storyline is very clever and mostly effective. It causes us to look at our own lives and how they have shaped how we see the world and our relationships with others. It also leads to some quite effective emotional moments. However, the main charm of this film comes from the main characters. They are far from perfect characters and both of them have hurt a lot of people. Despite this they want to and are trying to be better people. This makes us relate to them because many of us are flawed individuals trying to be better. The romance itself works more because of the chemistry between Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie than anything else.
Of course, this movie benefits from a great musical score by one of my favorite film composers Joe Hisaishi (best known for his work on the Studio Ghibli films).
The humor in this movie is quite hit and miss. There are some truly hilarious moments mixed in with comedic moments that are really bad.
Despite this movie's charms, it does suffer from some overly cliché and forced dialogue that sounds too carefully planned out to be believable. There are also many times when the filmmakers seem to be trying too hard to seem profound but in reality, aren't saying anything we haven't heard many times before.
This movie is like its main characters. That is to say it is very flawed but still has its charms.
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