"Anyone But You" Full of Elegance, yet Somehow Lacking it


     To summarize this movie, it's a decent rom-com. It's got some raunchy scenes, it swears a lot, like they say fuck a lot, and it's full of the opulence you'd expect from a big budget movie surrounding rich people. Yet dispersed within the movie, is humour that hinges on the physical comedy landing, and feeling oddly out of place much of the time? I'm not saying the movie is bad, it's just it's more romance than comedy, and when it does try to do comedy it can be a little jarring at times.

    I think the biggest issue with this movie is that all the comedy is treated like a montage. Anytime there's Sydney Sweeney or Glenn Powell doing something comedic, it involves a series of cuts with them attempting to remedy the situation. While that is fine, at the same time it also makes the comedy feel pretty forced. I mean it was fine for me because I didn't come into this film expecting much, nor did I believe that the comedy was awkward enough to take away from the film. Honestly, the parts my sister and I laughed at the most were just the random lines that made us stop and go "what?"

    I do have to admit, as poor as this movie does make me feel, I do enjoy watching the lush Australian settings. There's just this allure to being rich that I can't resist. I actually really enjoyed all the sort of chapter titles for this movie, and I thought they were a nice tough, and possibly my favourite random small thing about this film? My only complaint really is that I wish they were more prominent and in your face, so people knew this was going to be a new phase in the movie. Particularly, my sister was pretty confused by them, and at first I was wondering "what's going on?" but eventually we both came to an understanding of what they were.

    I think another one of the weaker points in this movie is the plot, it's pretty thin at times. Like so Bea broke up with her long time boyfriend turned fiancée Jonathan because they never fought? Like that's all she said? I feel like she definitely could have elaborated more on that because I think I understand what she's getting at, but I did feel a lot like Ben where I'm just like, "is there more to this?". Also, I swear to god the stereotypes were a little heavy handed. I mean I love Pete, but his first conversation with Ben made me go  "we're really going to do this?", though his character serves as good comedic relief later on so it didn't feel as bad. Also that long-haired Australian character? I can't even remember his name but it was just like "oh?"

Final Score: 60/100

    I hesitate to give this movie anything higher than a 60 because while I enjoyed it, I didn't enjoy it enough to really recommend it to someone. If someone asks if I liked it or if they should watch it I'll say if you want to go for it, it's fine. It's certainly not mediocre or bad enough that I'm lukewarm on it, but it certainly didn't warm me up enough for me to really give it a good stamp of approval. Also not sure how to feel about the soundtrack to this movie. Photo ID, Didn't I, and Loving You are all great songs but the rest of them are pretty weird.

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