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Anyone But You (2023)
An R-rated Hallmark Movie with Big Name Actors That Hit the Mark
"Anyone But You" is a romcom that hits the mark. Maybe not being something that blows your mind but is definitely worth a watch.
Surrounding Bea (Sydney Sweeny) and Ben (Glen Powell), an attractive couple that met and hit it off but ended things poorly after 1 night due to a miscommunication. However when they have to go to a wedding between Ben's friend and Bea's sister they are forced/tricked into a fake relationship (that becomes real). If you have seen at least a few Hallmark movies you get the idea.
Including plenty of Shakespear references, tasteful quotes, fun soundtrack, dumb/funny moments and great chemistry between the leads I was surprised at the low score as I felt they mostly hit the mark with this movie. The mark not being grammy award winning but a fun casual romcom movie.
Wonka (2023)
Still okay, I just had higher hopes
This was a movie were you could definitely feel 2hrs run time as there was more than one moment that had me picking up my phone as I watched at home. The plot just ran a little dry and most songs were just a little too bland and boring for me, but that could just be because of my high expectations from the original, a real pity they didn't at least carry some of them over. I unfortunately also have to agree with the original trailer criticisms, Timothee Chalamet doesn't make a good Willy Wonka, and his voice could be a little better (it also could have just been the songs). All of this was a real pity to due to the excellent actor line up filled with comedians that had multiple humorous moments as they each stole the show from each other (I can't decide who I loved more - Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa or Rowan Atkinson as the Bishiop over the chocoholic monks - the real stars of the movie). I only wish these comedians got given more opportunities to shine and show what they could do as the final result, while good, feels tamed down from their real potential.
The Family Plan (2023)
Great Idea, Poor Execution
To start off, I loved the idea behind Family Plan of an ex-assassin living a "normal" life when his hidden identity gets discovered by the "enemy". And the trailer only seemed to support this with great action and humorous moments. I had great hopes.
However, for me the movie was unfortunately a letdown and was almost a chore to watch at points for a variety of reasons.
The actions scenes bored me and had no consistency. In some scenes Dan (Mark) spent minutes fighting 1 person, but then in the final fight easily took out an entire private army.
Additionally, the enemy despite calling out "all the stops" consisted of the same 5 people until the final fight. Not to mention the fact that for such a huge road trip it they conveniently found the family van at the perfect points where only Dan was awake and ready. I could go on.
The movie never seemed to really figure out what comedy was either with just a few forced puns.
And to top it off the so-called family had almost no chemistry making every scene together feel forced.
TLDR: Expect to be disappointed.