"The F Word" Absolutely Adorable

    I'm going to be honest, I checked out the ratings for this movie, and I was a bit scared. I mean, as a fan of those big franchises, of course I've seen clips of The F Word, Adam Driver randomly yelling at Daniel Radcliffe about sex and nacho's? It would make any young man ask themselves "should I check this out?' and after watching it with my sister, all I have to say is, "why not"? It's filmed in Toronto, it's quirky, but not in the obnoxious way, in the way that makes you go "huh" but in a good way, and it of course has a happy ending, so you don't leave feeling angry or as if you were just robbed of your time.

    Where do I even start? Is it the acting? Is it the casting? I think it might be the casting, there's just something about Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan that really pulls this movie together. Their chemistry as these two, dorky, awkward, socially inept, yet loveable people are adorable to watch, and without it this movie would be unbearably awkward. I mean so much of this dialogue feels inept, like you're stepping on a floor full of eggshells and you're just trying to figure out the best way to crack the least amount of them, and with less nimble actors, it could have been just that much worse.

    Another point for this movie that I seemed to love, it didn't overstay it's welcome. I mean with a lot of rom com's, there's a strong beginning, and sometimes you start to lose your audience about halfway through, it feels like is stretches on for way too long, but with The F Word, I never felt that way. I think part of it is definitely Adam Drivers character, Allan, he most certainly takes away all of the air in a scene when he's in there, because his character almost exclusively yells everything or is having sex/10 seconds away from having sex. His character is certainly an asshole, but at the same time also loveable, because sometimes with a character like Wallace that's just the tough love you need.

    Which brings me to the only questionable part of this movie, how the hell did Chantry not break up with her boyfriend immediately? This is a genuine question because basically as soon as they start hanging out, there are so many moments where if I was dating her, I'd simply kill myself. They go drinking and clubbing/dancing together, they literally sleep in a sleeping bag naked together, they see each other naked, he helps her take off his clothes, she almost kisses him, and guess what? She still doesn't break up with him. She just lies to herself about a very clearly bad decision that he had. I don't know, it does raise a good question though, is it ok to be friends with someone, even if you have romantic feelings for them? Is it only wrong if they're acknowledged? I feel like that's a bit unfair, but at the same time it must be horrifying to think that someone you've been friends with might just want to be friends with you because they wanted to fuck you. I suppose it's up to the discretion of your friendship, but I imagine as long as the other party was as respectful as possible about it all, there's no reason to not believe them.

Final Score: 70/100

    It's not the greatest, but to watch for one night it's absolutely adorable, I loved this movie. I should watch more movies filmed in Toronto, because my sister and I love trying to recognize places where these movies were filmed. I guess I see movie crews around the city all the time, I just never acknowledged that one day I might have actually watched these films. I should find more rom com's to watch, this was actually very enjoyable. Other than that go watch this movie, it's not the worst, but it's certainly better than it's ratings suggest, and I would love if it people began giving this movie the love it deserves.