For teenagers everywhere, there is little respite from the seemingly unending cycle of failed talking stages, bad first dates and miscommunication. The only way to cope is through the glorious genre of rom-coms. Often associated with cheesy lines, hallmark movies and unrealistic plot lines, rom-coms are rarely taken seriously. I mean come on, even I agree that sometimes they\u2019re too easy. But this time, for the first time in years, Hollywood did rom-coms right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rom-coms peaked in the \u201890s and early 2000s with \u201c10 Things I Hate About You,\u201d \u201cHow To Lose A Guy in 10 Days,\u201d and \u201cLove, Actually.\u201d <\/em>But romance didn\u2019t start when Hollywood began to profit off of it. Real romance roots began in literature. Many of the romance movies you know and love today were based on works by renowned authors such as William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and even Nathaniel Hawthorne, which brings me to the newly released \u201cAnyone But You,\u201d directed by Will Gluck and starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. The film, set in Australia, is a modern retelling of Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing,\u201d following Sweeney and Powell in the enemies-to-lovers romance of our generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a (slightly) realistic coffee shop meet-cute, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) go on a perfect first date, but after a ridiculous amount of miscommunication and (you guessed it!) hidden feelings for each other, their feelings quickly change from love to hatred. When Bea\u2019s sister gets engaged to Ben\u2019s best friend, the two are thrown into a whirlwind destination wedding across the world, falling in love in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The film was very well balanced in its ratio of romance to comedy. I laughed, I \u201cawed\u201d along with the rest of the theater and I may or may not have shed a tear. \u201cWho knew you could laugh so much by watching two people (who are supposedly not romantically affiliated with each other in real life) slowly and accidentally falling in love on the big screen?\u201d asked fellow film critic Rachel Shames (V). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sweeney and Powell brought beauty and authenticity to a generally unrealistic genre. Their relationship\u2019s initial end but eventual progression took into account how truly unfeasible their story was but still managed to provide hope for us hopeless romantics.However, as with any film, it has its flaws. A lot of the issues could\u2019ve been solved or avoided altogether by Bea and Ben simply communicating. Then again, since when does anyone actually say what they\u2019re feeling? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your feelings on the genre of romcoms will heavily influence your feelings on \u201cAnyone But You.\u201d Those of us who\u2019ve seen one too many Hallmark movies will appreciate the cheesy lines and the nods to the original play. Then again, some people just don\u2019t appreciate the romance genre. Form V student Miranda Gluck said, \u201cIn the initial reviews by professional critics there was real doubt that the movie was going to do well but it turns out that they just have no heart and took this film far too seriously.\u201d Gluck was right; if nothing else, Anyone But You is a feel-good movie. It\u2019s not an Oscar winner, it doesn\u2019t have perfect writing or cinematography but it will make you laugh and sometimes that\u2019s all you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For teenagers everywhere, there is little respite from the seemingly unending cycle of failed talking stages, bad first dates and miscommunication. The only way to cope is through the glorious genre of rom-coms. Often associated with cheesy lines, hallmark movies and unrealistic plot lines, rom-coms are rarely taken seriously. I mean come on, even I agree that sometimes they\u2019re too easy. But this time, for the first time in years, Hollywood did rom-coms right. 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