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• Comedy
• Romance

• 2024
• Alex Pillai
• 98 mins
• 15

Summary

Falling in love with your best friend is a recipe for heartache in a British romantic comedy directed by Alex Pillai from a script co-written by Greer Ellison and Alexander J Farrell. For as long as he can remember, Archie (Sebastian Croft) has been madly in love with his closest confidante Amelia (Charithra Chandran). The two children were mistakenly swapped at birth and their parents became good friends when the error was rectified. Just as Archie plucks up the courage to declare his true feelings, 17-year-old Amelia becomes hopelessly smitten with new arrival Billy Walsh (Tanner Buchanan). To prevent Billy Walsh from stealing the love of his life, Archie uses facial morphing software to pose as his parents' online love doctor so he can distil advice to 'help' Amelia win Billy's heart

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Jayne Nelson

For as long as he can remember, teenager Archie (Heartstopper's Sebastian Croft) has been madly in love with his best friend, Amelia (Bridgerton's Charithra Chandran). Just as he makes the decision to confess his feelings, she falls head-over-heels for the new boy in class, Californian heartthrob Billy Walsh (Cobra Kai's Tanner Buchanan). In a jealous tailspin, Archie tries to scupper their growing romance, including using a disguise to offer Amelia terrible dating advice. Yes, this is a tired old trope and no, there's nothing new here to elevate it beyond the familiar. Most puzzlingly, F-bombs and sex talk sit alongside childish slapstick, making it difficult to know who this is intended for. Even the adult cast look as though they don't know which genre of film they're in, with Nick Frost and Lucy Punch's talents completely wasted. Through the mess, only the likeable Chandran retains her dignity, and there's some charm to be found in Amelia and Archie's goofy friendship.

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2024-04-05

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English

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