wait hahaha this was extremely satisfying for me, a choir of man fan, spotting andrew carter in the middle of that competition? it's okay king i promise nobody noticed that voice crack!!!!!!

this was quite promising at the start because i was really excited to get that enemies (kinda) to lovers realness, especially considering how utterly charming i find hugh skinner tbh? and even when he was begrudgingly helping her and slowly falling for her i thought yep, this is good shit. only it was kind of boring as hell because there felt like no real tension or build up? it had the recipe for a GREAT romcom... her leaving everything behind for her dream job, falling for the irritating thorn in her side from the country side while falling out of love with her big city boyfriend, etc but it just didn't work. the entire cast were brilliant and charming but the actual plot failed them i fear !!!!

the proposal scene in particular was so strange and everything that followed felt kinda odd and forced

wait hahaha this was extremely satisfying for me, a choir of man fan, spotting andrew carter in the middle of that competition? it's okay king i promise nobody noticed that voice crack!!!!!!

this was quite promising at the start because i was really excited to get that enemies (kinda) to lovers realness, especially considering how utterly charming i find hugh skinner tbh? and even when he was begrudgingly helping her and slowly falling for her i thought yep, this is good shit. only it was kind of boring as hell because there felt like no real tension or build up? it had the recipe for a GREAT romcom... her leaving everything behind for her dream job, falling for the irritating thorn in her side from the country side while falling out of love with her big city boyfriend, etc but it just didn't work. the entire cast were brilliant and charming but the actual plot failed them i fear !!!!

the proposal scene in particular was so strange and everything that followed felt kinda odd and forced

I am a typical American, so I will find anyone with British charm swoon worthy

I am a typical American, so I will find anyone with British charm swoon worthy

I know it's an opera but am I sucker for wanting less opera and more romance

I know it's an opera but am I sucker for wanting less opera and more romance

gotta be the worst chemistry I've seen in a romance movie. the boyf she cheated on deserved better.

gotta be the worst chemistry I've seen in a romance movie. the boyf she cheated on deserved better.

Look is this movie well written? No. Do the leads feel like they have much interiority? No. What about chemistry? Also no. Does it at least in its waxing poetic about Opera make the viewer fall in love with Opera? You must know at this point that the answer is "no." HOWEVER, I think I could count on one hand the number of films I have seen with a not-thin woman where her not falling into the narrow parameters of societal beauty standards of size was not a major plot point or commented on continually by every character or treated as a punchline in some way. I just think that it is unfortunately so revolutionary to see someone in a body type that is mildly different than what we typically see being treated like any other character and not having her entire story or personality centered on her appearance that it is revolutionary. Look I am very disappointed by this reality constantly and in this particular case because I wish that I could write a snarky review for this without mentioning that whatsoever. Frankly body size/shape is the least interesting thing about most people, let alone the characters on screen. But I just feel it's worth noting that for all its faults, this movie landed one plane correctly.

Look is this movie well written? No. Do the leads feel like they have much interiority? No. What about chemistry? Also no. Does it at least in its waxing poetic about Opera make the viewer fall in love with Opera? You must know at this point that the answer is "no." HOWEVER, I think I could count on one hand the number of films I have seen with a not-thin woman where her not falling into the narrow parameters of societal beauty standards of size was not a major plot point or commented on continually by every character or treated as a punchline in some way. I just think that it is unfortunately so revolutionary to see someone in a body type that is mildly different than what we typically see being treated like any other character and not having her entire story or personality centered on her appearance that it is revolutionary. Look I am very disappointed by this reality constantly and in this particular case because I wish that I could write a snarky review for this without mentioning that whatsoever. Frankly body size/shape is the least interesting thing about most people, let alone the characters on screen. But I just feel it's worth noting that for all its faults, this movie landed one plane correctly.