This is a film of the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight genre. Two people meet by accident and spend the night getting to know each other. The characters' personalities and lives are slowly unveiled through stories about their pasts and their relationships. It is, like all such movies, heavily dialogue-dependent. This means that the dialogue must be clever enough and compelling enough to keep the viewer interested. In my opinion, it meets these standards.
The acting is good and the relationship between the two main characters (Chris Evans and Amy Eve)is believable. They really do seem to have some chemistry between them. If this wasn't present, the movie would have flopped. No one wants to watch a film about two people pretending they like each other. The relationship evolves logically and not like it would in a regular romcom. True, sometimes the dialogue is a little too good to be believable (they never talk about how tired they are even when it's 4am and they've been up all night), but at least it's witty and entertaining. You slowly learn that they are either in, or have been in, dysfunctional relationships, and they begin to build their own relationship around this shared core.
This movie will never be a blockbuster. It will not appeal to the usual movie viewing target, the 15-year-old male. There are no explosions, car chases, or shoot-outs appearing at the critical seven-minute-attention-span stage that these modern viewers are said to possess. You actually have to watch the movie to get involved in it. I would say that the movie targets the 25+ group or people that have already been through serious, but dysfunctional, relationships and are somehow trying to rebuild their lives without being jaded. For this reason, it is a good couple's movie, as it will offer plenty of topics to talk about after the film finishes. The movie neither favors the male nor female viewpoint. Male viewers generally don't enjoy romcoms and it's not because they are against films that focus on relationships. It's because they have seen enough of them to realize that the film's structure and ending are simply too predictable. Male viewers will not have this problem with this film. In fact, for some, the open-ended conclusion might be a let down. I may have wanted more resolution myself, but others may feel comfortable with it. I can't go into more detail here. In any event, it seemed to leave the door open for a sequel and, if that is as good as this film was, I would welcome that.
The acting is good and the relationship between the two main characters (Chris Evans and Amy Eve)is believable. They really do seem to have some chemistry between them. If this wasn't present, the movie would have flopped. No one wants to watch a film about two people pretending they like each other. The relationship evolves logically and not like it would in a regular romcom. True, sometimes the dialogue is a little too good to be believable (they never talk about how tired they are even when it's 4am and they've been up all night), but at least it's witty and entertaining. You slowly learn that they are either in, or have been in, dysfunctional relationships, and they begin to build their own relationship around this shared core.
This movie will never be a blockbuster. It will not appeal to the usual movie viewing target, the 15-year-old male. There are no explosions, car chases, or shoot-outs appearing at the critical seven-minute-attention-span stage that these modern viewers are said to possess. You actually have to watch the movie to get involved in it. I would say that the movie targets the 25+ group or people that have already been through serious, but dysfunctional, relationships and are somehow trying to rebuild their lives without being jaded. For this reason, it is a good couple's movie, as it will offer plenty of topics to talk about after the film finishes. The movie neither favors the male nor female viewpoint. Male viewers generally don't enjoy romcoms and it's not because they are against films that focus on relationships. It's because they have seen enough of them to realize that the film's structure and ending are simply too predictable. Male viewers will not have this problem with this film. In fact, for some, the open-ended conclusion might be a let down. I may have wanted more resolution myself, but others may feel comfortable with it. I can't go into more detail here. In any event, it seemed to leave the door open for a sequel and, if that is as good as this film was, I would welcome that.