The Idea of You | Film Review
When Solène (Anne Hathaway) takes her daughter (Ella Rubin) to a music festival, she finds herself falling for the lead singer of a boyband (Nicholas Galitzine). I was really looking forward to seeing this one! I've seen a few bad fanfiction-based movies, but this one had an interesting concept, and it had Anne Hathaway in the lead role, so I was immediately invested! I really liked this film! I knew I probably would, but it was a lot better than I thought it would be. I loved Solène as the main character. I took an instant liking to her because she's well-written, likeable and authentic. Even if you can't relate to her life, you immediately want to be her friend. And this is true of most of the characters. One of the biggest plot points of the film are issues surrounding the age gap between the couple, but for me this never felt particularly weird. I think if there was a more visually noticeable age gap between the main actors, this could have worked against the film. But ...