Will Gluck directs Glen Powell, Sydney Sweeney and Bryan Brown in this romantic comedy where two singles who hate each other must make nice at a wedding.

Wealth porn and a surprising amount of nudity. An even more surprising amount of slapstick. There’s slatherings of clumsiness but not much wit. At least it is also sex positive. This is very contrived and no matter how many allusions to Shakespeare there are (and tanned flesh on display there is) Gluck can’t distract from the fact the central couple have minimal chemistry. Powell is game and I hope he gets a better vehicle than this before he goes the way of Nathan Fillion or Jon Hamm. It would appear Hollywood no longer knows how to make money out of this level of charisma. Mindlessly watchable.

5

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