Title: The Idea of You
Actors: Anna Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Ella Rubin
Director: Michael Showalter
Writers: Robinne Lee, Michael Showalter, Jennifer Westfeldt
Genre: Romance, Drama
Length: 1 hour and 55 minutes
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

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The Idea Of You

Solène is a forty-year-old single mom. Her ex-husband was going to Coachella with their daughter, and he had also bought tickets for a meet and greet with August Moon. But something came up and Solène is now taking her daughter and her friends to the festival. Backstage at the Meet and greet, she meets one of the singers of August Moon, Hayes Campbell. The 24-year-old is immediately interested in Solène. They eventually start dating, but dating a superstar is not always easy.

Review

I think I have mixed feelings about this movie. A big part of me loved it, but a small part of me is not sure how I feel about this movie.

I always start with the things I like about a movie, so here we go. The cast was pretty great. I mean, Anna Hathaway was incredible and looked so gorgeous in this movie. Okay, she always looks amazing. Nicholas Galitzine looked pretty familiar to me and I realized I knew him from ‘Red, White, and Royal Blue’ and the Netflix movie ‘Purple Hearts’. In my opinion, he kind of looks like Nick Robinson, or at least they give me the same vibes. But he great was great as well.

I found the storyline interesting. Most of the romance movie I watch are pretty similar obviously, but still, the ending was a little bit different. I am not going to ruin the movie for you and give you spoilers. You just have to see it for yourself.
But even though the movie is two hours, I really enjoyed it and it never got boring in my opinion. It might be one of that movies that I would want to watch again in the future.

Then we move on to the reason why I am not sure how I feel about this movie. The reason is that sometimes it felt like it could be a Wattpad fanfiction. Maybe it is just because it is an unknown woman dating a superstar. And I don’t think I am wrong about this, because I did some research and found out that the writer of the book (Robinne Lee) was inspired by Harry Styles and that would make a lot of sense. Hayes Campbell, the main character in this movie, is just like Harry from England. They are both in a boyband (well Harry used to be in a boyband) and the band contains exactly five members.

But did it annoy me? I mean, I constantly had the idea that the main character was Harry Styles. But I don’t think it was annoying. I think the script saved the movie. Normally fanfiction is pretty cringeworthy. This movie was still very enjoyable. I mean, I really want to watch this movie again someday.

So it kind of surprised me in a good way. I was hooked until the end. It was kind of a beautiful love story. I also thought the movie discussed some important. How is it okay for a forty-year-old man to date a 24-year-old girl, but the roles were reversed everyone would call her a creep.

I know I mostly watch romance movies, but I think this was one of my favorite movies this year. I can highly recommend it. And now I am going to put the book on my reading list because I really want to read it now.

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Title: Irish Wish
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos
Director: Janeen Damian
Writers: Kirsten Hansen
Genre: Romance
Length: 1h 33min
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

You can watch the Irish Wish now on Netflix

Irish Wish

Maddie Kelly is a co-writer and in the last year, she has been working with Paul Kennedy on his latest book. Maddie invited her two best friends (Emma and Taylor) to the launch party, where Emma and Paul fell in love. The only problem is that Maddie already had a major crush on him. A few months later Emma and Paul are getting married in Ireland. A few days before the wedding Maddie is still walking around with this crush on Paul. When she gets the opportunity to make a wish she grabs this chance to change her life. She wishes that she was the one getting married to Paul. A second later, she wakes up again, and suddenly everything is different she is the one getting married and Emma is the one with the crush on Paul. But is it everything she wished for? Are Paul and Maddie soulmates? Or is Maddie slowly falling for the photographer James Thomas?

Review

I was really looking forward to watching this movie. I’ve been a fan of Lindsay Lohan since Mean Girls came out. I always loved to watch a romance movie, so during the weekend after the movie came out, I had to watch it. And honestly, I had fun watching it.

The setting is just beautiful. I’ve never been to Ireland, but it always looks so beautiful. And in this movie, certain places looked like a fairytale. It was absolutely gorgeous. I was only surprised that it didn’t rain more often. I mean it is Ireland. There was just one ‘storm’.

The characters were likable. Maddie has had a crush on Paul forever but is scared to make the next move. And when Paul meets Emma, it is too late for her. Throughout the whole movie, you could tell Paul and Emma belonged to each other. Even when in the storyline where Paul and Maddie were getting married. Paul and James were both attractive, but maybe that was just me. I probably think that every man who has an English/Irish accent is attractive. But even though Emma and Maddie were sort of fighting for the same man, they were very supportive of each other. There were no bitch fights whatsoever. I liked that.

The story is just funny and enjoyable. When I googled the movie for more information, I saw that there were a lot of negative reviews. And on IMDB, people are saying it is predictable. But of course, movies like these are predictable. They are romcoms. The idea of a rom-com is that the two main characters end up with each other. This makes it predictable, but that does not mean the movie was bad. I had a fun time watching it. And I think with movies like these, you shouldn’t have high expectations and just enjoy. I just wanted to be entertained and I was! The chemistry between James and Maddie was definitely visible. The only thing I was expecting, when James and Maddie were stranded because of the storm, was that they had to share one room/bed. That was the one trope I was kind of missing. And maybe the ending was a little bit disappointing, but at the same time, it made sense. They did not really know each other. It was just the beginning of their love story. But I absolutely loved the banter between them.

Yes, the Irish Wish was a predictable and cheesy movie. But the scenery was just so beautiful. And I still enjoyed it a lot. Sometimes this is the kind of movie you want to watch. Just a fun and cute movie. Maybe not the best romance movie ever made, but still worth watching it. This movie is the perfect mix of Freaky Friday and My Best Friend’s Wedding.

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