Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
7.4
Oh my GOD, this is awkward. Beautifully so, but uncomfortable from beginning to end nonetheless. Olivia Munn really knocks it out of the park in this one, showing off her comedic chops juggling multiple plotlines throughout. A really solid Netflix flick.
7.6
I was so conflicted about this one… I loved and hated it, depending on the scene.
This couple is amazing. Their chemistry palpable from the very first frame. It overcomes the awkwardness of the script with ease, thankfully. I really want to know if this was really presented as “The purge, but romantic…”
My issues with the movie comes in the form of overdoing it. For a relatively reasonable runtime, the story does one too many meet-cutes, one too many chance run-ins, one too many missed connections. It takes an interesting premise one step too far about every 10 minutes, yet somehow sticks the landing. I’m as befuddled as you are reading this. All in all, it’s going to be a solid addition to the Peacock streaming library someday.
7.7
… and the Zoey Deutch streak continues! A Netflix rom-com for the ages, with a fun twist on the genre. Eerily similar to “Love Again,” minus the Celin Deon. This was an incredible (albeit cheesy) tale as old as time. Nick Offerman’s character was hellaciously over the top and a bit silly, but everything else really clicked for me with this one.
7.9
Similar to “The Holdovers,” this series did such a great job of world building that I simply enjoyed hanging out at the country club for a couple of weeks while this all played out.
The summer love stories, awkward dates, lifelong friendship forging, and endless 80’s classics on the soundtrack took the caddyshack wannabe vibe and blew it out of the water.
The main problem I had was the fact that it had the most awkwardly abrupt ending this side of “Hung.” Really bummed that Prime Video pulled a Netflix here and rug pulled my could have been comfort show.
8.5
I’ll be damned… Kevin James can ACT. For real. No Paul Bart mall cop here.
A classic trope, “guy left at the altar,” turns into an incredibly heartfelt story about friendship, family, hope, and love. I didn’t expect the depth that emanated from the screen the entire runtime here. I expected goofy, and I got tears… again, for a Kevin James movie! Open that heart on your sleeve and get ready to go “awe” for a solid hour and a half.
