I can see a lot of people liking this movie, especially if you live the rom com genre. I did like this film but i don't think its like great.

It has some jokes that landed with me, mainly from Maya Erskine. I think that was the main issue. This is a very uneven movie as Maya is a fire cracker. She is super funny and weird and brings such a strong personality to characters. Where as Jack Quaid was kinda blah for me. He plaid this character almost like a Joel McHale-type for me. It was like annoying idiot man. I don't know if i can blame him, maybe the script said to do that. I know a movie is unbalanced iv everyone is like crazy but he wasn't even like playing it "Normal". This character was really strange and unlikable. He is meant to be a ladies man? yet he needs help constantly in situations that we are told he should be fine. I don't know i just didn't like this character at all or how it was written. Also the scene where he sprays water out of his mouth in the pool like he is a fountain...what was that???

Its cute for the most part and pretty short so you could stick it on and have a cozy night in.

Ben (Jack Quaid) and Alice (Maya Erskine) are platonic college friends. She has recently been dumped and the two friends are both facing daunting lists of wedding invites. His father Chuck (Ed Begley Jr.) is marrying for the third time to his much younger girlfriend. Alice has the idea to be each other's plus one and wingman.

Maya Erskine is hilarious. Jack Quaid is not quite at her comedic level. For example, the cuddling scene needs a bigger response from him. It would be funnier if he pushes her face away. Maya is good with faces and it would be hilarious to get it smooshed. He's not the straight man. He needs to dial up his comedy a notch or two. As for Ben's sudden change, it needs more of a setup. I expected an earlier meeting with Nate or what about Shaina who cheated with Nate. If Alice has a big confrontation with Shaina at a wedding, Ben could have doubts about Alice's jealous feelings towards her ex. It would be much better than Ben having weird cold feet out of nowhere. Him bringing the flowers for Alice is a great bit and I love the ending reveal. If the breakup is set up better, this would be a completed rom-com.

Admittedly, it's pretty difficult to get on board with characters when their first scenes include one being extremely belligerent and the other being rude to his 'plus one' at a wedding. Usually you would like to build up to such character moments, but luckily the film does get better as it goes in developing its two leads. Those leads being Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine, both grow in performance as their characters grow, including one very powerful scene by Erskine when their relationship comes to a head. I never completely bought these two as a great match, but I guess that's part of what the film was trying to tell us, you can't be waiting for someone perfect, because that person doesn't exist. This one will more than likely be forgotten in the rom-com genre, but it's worth checking out if you've been feeling a void in the dying genre of romantic films.

6.3/10