What's Love Got to Do with It? | Film Review
I remember being intrigued by this film when it first came out. I love a rom-com, and this looked like a unique approach to one, with a perspective not usually shown, so I was really interested in seeing it. Zoe (Lily James) documents her best friend Kaz's (Shazad Latif) journey into an arranged marriage. I was quite disappointed with this movie actually. I really wanted to like it because I really liked the premise. At the start I really liked the characters. They felt well-written and authentic. But I quickly realised that, as much as I liked the characters alone, none of them had any chemistry. And that's not just about the romantic couples - every person in the film who had to interact with another person had absolutely no chemistry with them. The film never made me care about any of the characters, and I didn't particularly like them after a while either. It wasn't as heart-warming as it could have been, and it definitely wasn't as romantic or comedic as it n...