POSITIVES…
With just the first opening minute or two, this movie immediately gives us this quick beautiful poetic visual sequence. It’s a great start that perfectly sets the tone of the film’s premise.
As charming and poignant as romantic movies goes, this one has a lot it does right.
I really loved the screenplay for this. The clever dialogue and humorous situations that are peppered throughout, really gives this film a light-hearted touch that keeps it from being too trite or too familiar.
Sequences and montages! This movie’s got a bunch of good ones.
The three leads are really good, with Daniel Diemer as Paul, Alexxis Lemire as Aster, and of course our primary character Leah Lewis as Ellie; who is pulling off such a stand out performance in this!
I love how the movie builds their characters into well rounded individuals that I easily found myself attached to.
The heart of this movie and the main thing that makes it shine, are the interactions Ellie has with Paul, and with Aster, and with her Dad, and with her Teacher...
This movie just has all the right touches as a story about Love, from the famous quotes, the references to particular novels, certain films shown in this film, to the soundtrack.
It’s Cyrano de Bergerac but with a modern progressive take, and I like it!
NEGATIVES…
It’s Cyrano de Bergerac but with a modern progressive take, and some of you might not like that.
Sure, it’s a familiar plot and premise, with some cliche trappings, but it’s a very slight negative on the film’s part.
I could have lived without the derivative caricature classmates that we are clearly not suppose to like.
P.S….
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