Cell phone companies will have to blame, if not the writers of love at first messagethe romantic comedy in which everything you guess will happen.
Watch Mira (Priyanka Chopra Jonasthe Indian-born actress who stars in the series Citadel, just released), completely and madly in love with John (Arinzé Kene), drawing his portrait – she is an artist, and publishes illustrated books for children – in a cafe, when he arrives, almost surprising her, they kiss, say nice things that will be seen at night. And John goes out into the street and…
Yes exactly. He is involved in a car accident, which ends in the worst possible way.
Months pass and he looks at Mira, still in pain, unable to finish grieving no matter how much her younger sister encourages her to move on. Well, they move on from the script and here’s what we were saying: blame the phone companies.
Because the line, the number that belonged to John, is now held by Rob (Sam Heughan, from the series foreigner), a New York newspaper reporter who was dumped by his girlfriend shortly after they were getting married.
Without these twists there are films, especially comedies, which would not exist. WELL, love at first message is one of them, since, out of nowhere, they see Mira texting John, as a remembrance, therapy or whatever they think, and Rob getting those weirdly syrupy messages on the phone that his boss at work gave him, as if to get him more controlled.
That’s what they say.
cry and cry
And just as she cried and mourned for her beloved, now watch Mira, go out on a restaurant date with a stranger—no, not Rob yet, but a character she plays Nick Jonasfrom the Jonas Brothers and husband of Priyanka-, and then, yes, exchanging glances, but not “that” cell phone number.
Oh it is Celine Dion doing Céline Dion, because Rob has to interview her and write an article. And Céline, who has suffered a lot, will not stop advising him.
We said everything that’s supposed to happen, happens, and watch Mira quickly forget John and fall in love with the same winks and sighs, but now, with Rob. Who, of course, otherwise the film would end immediately, does not tell her that he receives the messages that she writes to the late John.
The premise girl meets boy, girl separates from boy, and girl goes back to boy is the basis of many rom-coms in Hollywood and beyond. It’s wrong? At all. What it must have are funny dialogues, well-structured situations and there must be chemistry between the protagonists.
This is not love melody, in which Sam and Annie, the characters of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, were not in the observation deck of the Empire State to the end. Nor is it when Harry met Sally, in which Harry knew Sally very well. And an hour and 44 minutes may feel like a lot more than it is, even if Céline Dios sings more than one song.
“Love at first message”
Romantic comedy. USA, 2023. Original title: “Love Again”. From: Jim Strouse. With: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion, Russell Tovey. Theaters: Hoyts Abasto, Cinemark Palermo, Cinépolis Recoleta, Showcase Belgrano.
Source: Clarin
