'Meet the Cutie' review: Jagged Rom-Com starring Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson

In Met Cute, Peacock ‘s bumpy romantic comedy, girls meet in an unassuming bar boy. After some awkwardly flattering chats and a round of old-fashioned conversation, they took the conversation to the dimly lit streets of New York City. Sparks fly. The young man fell into a lascivious coma. They parted ways, promising to see each other soon. The next day, the girl met the boy at the same bar. They tossed polite words, but still indulged in a round of drinks. They stumbled into the streets. The day after that, the girl met the boy again and they repeated their first date forever.

This nightmarish scene is Sheila’s dream of finding goals and second chances. She discovers it during an unusual trip to a nail salon, where her sarcastic nail technician Joan (Deborah S. Craig) introduces her to a time machine. The device was purchased by the owner by mistake and could be mistaken for a tanning bed: it has a white chrome exterior and a UV interior. But it offers a bigger, more lasting shift.

meet cute

bottom line Glittering potential.

Release Date: Wednesday, September

(Peacock)

Actors: Kelly Cuoco, 21 Pete Davidson , Deborah S. Craig, Harry Neff
director:Alex Lehmann

Screenwriter: Noga Pnueli
1 hour minute

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Meet the Cutie, directed by Alex Lehmann, Noga Pnueli Screenwriter, using the conceit of time-traveling movies like Groundhog Day) to fabricate a love story to achieve the bitterness of Spotless Eternal Sunshine. The emotional resonance of the film should come from watching the unlikely couple Sheila and Gary (Pete Davidson) try to change the way they remember each other — first on the surface, then on a deeper level. But the over-focus on Sheila’s time-prank mechanics doesn’t leave enough room for understanding these lovebirds to support them.

The first act of meeting the cutie consists entirely of Sheila and Gary’s first date. We meet her, staring wistfully at Gary across the room, technically the start of date seven. She was familiar with the contours of their exchange and knew how their night would end. She knew what jokes Gary, a timid freelance web designer, would make when they stopped in front of the Indian restaurant cadre in the East Village; what he would order; what kind of wine he would like; and the stories he would tell her. Routine and predictability are comforting, until they aren’t. Throughout the process (about a year of dating), we saw Sheila become increasingly frustrated and bored with her lover.

But Sheila refuses to change her situation and let the timeline work on its own. After each date, she returned to the nail salon, where the troubled woman refused to surrender. Cuoco ( Stewardess ) is a near-perfect Sheila; the actress teases out the fears behind Sheila’s obsessive enthusiasm for the night and her choices. Fear that her depression will return, that Gary won’t love her as much as she did on the first date, that there’s anything other than a temporary elation. This fear, combined with her inability to relinquish control, led Sheila to take even more drastic measures: To free her from Gary’s most frustrating trait, she decided to jump back further into the past and address his trauma.

This is where Meet Cute lost some momentum and footing, creating a mostly-popular A confusing and forgettable second act. In trying to fix Gary, Sheila (and us, the audience) lost the plot. Her motives became more obscure and incomprehensible. Her date with Gary, in which she recounts her time travels, is weighed down by their predictability. Their date sucks and ends with explosive arguments and a confused Gary who always walks away. A lot of things could have been fixed if the script had spent more time with Sheila and clarifying her mental health issues. Instead, her depression is relegated to vague monologues and aesthetic shortcuts — occasional outbursts and cliché clothing choices — that get us too close to the surface. It also doesn’t help that Cuoco and Davidson’s partnership becomes more brotherly than romantic as the film reaches its emotional climax, with the former more of a big sister than a fiery lover in a stormy relationship.

Despite its flaws, meets cute shimmers with potential. The film has many captivating moments that make it easier to see what the filmmakers are trying to achieve. There’s something alluring about reliving the honeymoon period of any relationship, going back to the moment when the passion was fired, but it’s not those early days or feelings that create a successful or lasting romance. Meet the cute Take your own creative line to a familiar conclusion: Love, like the most complex puzzle, takes time. Full Credit

Dealer: Peacock Producer: Weed Road Films, Confluence Media Cast: Kelly Cuoco, Pete Davidson, Deborah S. Craig, Harry Neff Director: Alex · Lyman
Screenwriter: Noga · Punueli
Produced People: Avika Goldsmith, Rachel Reznick, Gregory Lessans, Dan Reardon, Santosh Govindaraju

Casting Director: Amey René
29 1 hour 29 minutes

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