Love Wedding Repeat, the latest rom-com addition on Netflix, stars Sam Calflin and Olivia Munn as lead characters, joined by Joel Fry, Freida Pinto and Eleanor Tomlinson among others. Already in the top 10 list in Malaysia, the rom-com unfortunately very less of both romance and comedy.
However, if slapstick jokes and old comedic tropes excite you, this might be a suitable Friday night MCO movie.
The rom-com set in a picturesque Rome, shows Claflin’s character, Jack at the beginning of the movie with Munn’s Dina, who he is clearly in love with after a brief weekend. What could have been an intimate moment for the two is soon then interrupted by dorm roommate from university.
Unable to say a proper goodbye, they both part ways.
Fast forward three years, Jack’s sister, Hayley, played by Tomlinson is getting married in a picturesque Rome. Coincidentally or not, Dina attends the wedding and is placed at the same table with Jack, Amanda (ex-girlfriend played by Pinto) and Dina along with Hayley’s ex-boyfriend, Marc, who’s high and hell-bent on stopping the wedding.
The first twist in the movie comes in the form of a failure to drug Marc with sleeping drop as you would guess why. After the initial mess up, the movie then descents into a series of twists and turns attempting to present a series of outcomes to best fit Jack’s attempt to seal the deal with Dina. The directorial debut of Dean Craig attempts to present Claflin as the modern Hugh Grant.
While this may or may not resonate with audiences, there isn’t much of a romance here. Old comedic tropes used throughout the movies doesn’t seem to rub off on the right side either with most of it being repetitive throughout the movie.
Pinto’s character is dead set on slapping the daylights of her boyfriend while her-then boyfriend is only obsessed in comparing the size of his manhood with Jack’s throughout the whole movie.
The twist during the movie’s climax is very much similar to the French film, Nothing to Hide which could have produced a better outcome but unfortunately, the twist utilised poorly only resulted in backfiring of boring scenes following suit.
The chemistry between Claflin and Munn seems to be almost non-existent despite the trailer of the movie (which was edited really well by the way) showed the complete opposite. Dina who seems to be the only person at the wedding who kept drowning one champagne glass after another may even convince you that she had better chemistry with the alcohol then she did with Claflin in the 1 hour and 40 minutes long film.
