7.6 stars.
This is a story about two seemingly intelligent people who are completely clueless. First of all, they have a meet-cute that is so memorable, they must find each other again, but they didn't exchange phone numbers or take full names. How they got separated in the first encounter is an absolute "she dropped the ball" moment. First strike. She doesn't wait for him at the door for more than maybe 20 seconds, a simple task, only 10 seconds more needed, and the result is they lost touch and it's not funny. No, these two are already on the path of anti-fate, if you will. This is a story of two people who are not meant to be together. Looking at each subsequent incident where they almost run into each other, over and over and over, ad nauseum and each time they seem to lose about 50 IQ points in the process. The way she can't figure out who he is, but the clues are there, every breadcrumb is just glaring at her saying "pick me up, i'm a breadcrumb, i'm an obvious sign that points to who this mystery man is". And she's a doctor? And he, not any smarter than she, misses the signs after several close calls that only a powerful negative force could generate in disfavor of their reuniting. No, these two are not meant to be, and that's the point of the film (in my opinion), even if not the intent.
But it's endearing and romantic at the end and all the characters are really likable, and the movie is entertaining even though it's so over gimmicky. I feel like I've committed some sort of taboo by saying this film is fun, in spite of the overuse of cheap thrills. It is a fun ride and there's a lot of anticipation, but it's frustrating.
This is a story about two seemingly intelligent people who are completely clueless. First of all, they have a meet-cute that is so memorable, they must find each other again, but they didn't exchange phone numbers or take full names. How they got separated in the first encounter is an absolute "she dropped the ball" moment. First strike. She doesn't wait for him at the door for more than maybe 20 seconds, a simple task, only 10 seconds more needed, and the result is they lost touch and it's not funny. No, these two are already on the path of anti-fate, if you will. This is a story of two people who are not meant to be together. Looking at each subsequent incident where they almost run into each other, over and over and over, ad nauseum and each time they seem to lose about 50 IQ points in the process. The way she can't figure out who he is, but the clues are there, every breadcrumb is just glaring at her saying "pick me up, i'm a breadcrumb, i'm an obvious sign that points to who this mystery man is". And she's a doctor? And he, not any smarter than she, misses the signs after several close calls that only a powerful negative force could generate in disfavor of their reuniting. No, these two are not meant to be, and that's the point of the film (in my opinion), even if not the intent.
But it's endearing and romantic at the end and all the characters are really likable, and the movie is entertaining even though it's so over gimmicky. I feel like I've committed some sort of taboo by saying this film is fun, in spite of the overuse of cheap thrills. It is a fun ride and there's a lot of anticipation, but it's frustrating.