"Sure, the ending is basically predetermined, but the execution is pure joy, with a snappy script and lead performances that make you wish these two actors had made five more movies like this. Erskine is a charming mess as the highly amusing Alice, who has no personal boundaries and is reeling from a recent break up. Meanwhile, Quaid, the scion of rom-com royalty, has adorable longing down pat."
"Celine Sciamma offered up one of the most sumptuous visions of romance in recent memory with this tale of an artist (Noemie Merlant) commissioned to paint a portrait of a bride-to-be (Adele Haenel) on an island off the coast of Brittany in the 18th Century. But this is far from a tame costume drama. Sciamma infuses each frame with passion as these two women fall in love, finding in each other's eyes a comfort the rest of the world fails to provide."
"Part of the pleasure is watching Roberts and Grant at the peak of their powers, his mumbly charm reverberating off her undeniable spark. Almost every scene is constructed with the specific intention of making you swoon, from the awkward moment in which he pretends to be a journalist from Horse & Hound magazine to her I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy confession."
A contemporary rom-com follows college friends who agree to be each other's dates at multiple summer weddings, delivering snappy dialogue and vibrant chemistry between Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine. One performance centers on a charming, boundary-less Alice coping with a breakup while Quaid conveys adorable longing. A period romance set on an 18th-century Breton island portrays an artist commissioned to paint a bride-to-be, building passionate intimacy and a devastating, cathartic ending. A perennial favorite pairs Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in perfectly constructed scenes aimed to make audiences swoon and reaffirm the film's enduring romantic magic.
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