Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
7.7
Sleeper hit from the 80’s. Solid JV squad film.
Brother is a total creep, good lord. Just a walking red flag. Teri tries out life as a guy after getting shot down as a girl for her dream job. Learns things aren’t always as they seem, falls in love. The usual.
Billy Zabka plays the bad guy with perfect hair. Pure 80’s.
6.3
I get the feeling they had a hard time picking the right script, so decided to combine 6 or 7. A plot as scatterbrained as its mysterious central character, this one has its moments but ultimately fell flat for me. Many other far superior options in the romance novel put to film category so far this year.
8.9
Literal mapping out of life’s tiny but impactful, perfectly imperfect moments that make life worth it. Just enough nerdy time travel theory to take me back to writing a college paper on it once. The rom-com sap fest love story I’m always a sucker for. Amazon’s attempting to dethrone Netflix, and I am here for it!
After this and “Freaky,” Kathryn Newton is pigeon holing herself as the official time travel girl a bit, but she’s so damn good at it! I couldn’t help but also keep thinking that Kyle Allen looks like a younger version of Heath Ledger most of the movie. Distractions aside, they play the perfect onscreen stand-ins for left brain/right brain characters in this love story for the ages. I figured this would feel a bit stale, given how they’re repeating the niche like a time loop lately, but it knocks it out of the park. Highly recommend!
6.5
What to woo the woman? Sing to her. Preferably in an operatic fashion.
Your run of the mill classic Hollywood musical with a love triangle mixed in. Classic rom-com of sorts.
How did I land on this, you may ask? While in the mood for contemplating “somewhere in time” weekend on Mackinaw Island, I also stumbled upon this film, whose pool scenes and part of the main story takes place on the landmark filled island.
https://www.mlive.com/travel/2018/07/how_a_hollywood_star_in_a_swim.html
7.6
Beyond my typical review that Netflix has the romantic comedy genre on lock? This premise is a genius idea for the holidays.
The cast, the story, the chemistry… This thing fires on all cylinders. You’ll laugh, cry, yell at the TV. *Chef’s Kiss*
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 