Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Meet Cute in a coffee shop and spend a lovely evening together. After a misunderstanding, they quickly become mortal enemies, which is a problem since they are both going to attend the same wedding in Australia. Since both of their respective exes are at the event, they decide to make them jealous by masquerading as a couple. Naturally, their dubious displays of affection cause more problems while they predictably wind up falling for each other for real.
I’m not much of a romantic comedy guy, but if you put my girl Sydney Sweeney in it and have her parading around in various skintight outfits… well, heck, I’ll probably get around to watching it at some point. Directed by Will (Easy A) Gluck, Anyone but You is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Because of that, you may be inclined to think it’s a highbrow comedy. Fortunately for me, it has some legitimately funny moments, especially when it sometimes unexpectedly heads into Farrelly Brothers territory. The scene where Powell finds a spider in his shorts is a highlight, as is the “anteater” gag.
Powell and Sweeney have plenty of chemistry together and have surprising comedy chops too. They play off one another so well that you would imagine they could easily become a viable comedy duo for years to come. Since the movie was a big hit, I don’t see why not.
Yes, it falls into the same predictable cliches that the genre demands. Yes, some of the Shakespeare shit feels shoehorned in there. (There’s probably one too many scenes where Powell and Sweeney overhear their friends chatting about them.) However, the bottom line is I laughed a lot more than I was expecting. Because of that, I’d recommend Anyone but You to anyone who enjoys romantic comedies and… hell, just comedies in general.
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