It was a kind of simpler time, and maybe that is more romantic, he said. And there were some greats, like Nancy Myers and Nora Ephron, who did some brilliant stuff in the 90s: When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, they're just brilliant films.
If modern romcoms aren't sweeping you off your feet any more, you're not the only one wondering where the magic went. Romantic comedies are just not as good as they used to be, according to one of the stars of Love Actually. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played lovestruck teenager Sam in Richard Curtis's 2003 Christmas film, said the rise of streaming had led to rushed, cheaper productions, draining the genre of the spark it had in its 1990s heyday.
Lindsay Lohan is not afraid of a little nostalgia. After over 30 years in the industry (it's true! she started working when she was just three!), the actress and rising producer has starred in plenty of features that tickle a certain subset of elder Millennials ( cough, like this writer) and retain a big place of affection in our hearts. Consider "The Parent Trap," "Mean Girls," or the crown jewel of early aughts Lohan joints: "Freaky Friday."
Critics accuse the film of being a clear case of broke man propaganda, romanticizing men's financial insecurity in the name of love. A TikTok post with more than 170,000 likes argues that the rom com directed by Celine Song is nothing but a true-to-life horror film about how trauma and low self-esteem limit women's choices and send them spiraling back to exes they know can't give them what they want. Women deserve financial stability AND love.