Always Be My Maybe

I got that it wasn't flashy, but it wasn't bad either. It had acting and comedy chops without being crass or obvious. It was solid and told a story with people of colour without resorting to making it a message-movie. Hamilton-syndrome maybe; representative without being about representation. Yes, it felt like good TV and not great movie, with its Netflix standard crispness, but it knows its audience. I very much liked this sort of effortlessly pleasing romcom with real chemistry and no pretensions.

I think this might be my favourite rom-com ever. It had everything - I laughed and I cried multiple times throughout the movie. Special shoutout to Karan Soni and Michelle Buteau, who both had impeccable comedic timing and stole the show pretty much everytime they were on screen. And of course, Randall Park and Ali Wong ... they KILLED it. This was gold. I had high expectations, and this met all of them and went beyond. It was a little predictable and some of the jumps between scenes were a little quick, but these are just minor critiques. Also, Keanu Reeves. That's all I'm gonna say about that.

This one is almost unwatchable, for some reason I wanted to like it, but it never really got better. The acting is wooden and contrived. Almost all of the jokes are subpar. I have no idea why it has 7 stars right now - must be all the cast and crew who rated it after it was just released. If you have to watch it skip to the scenes with Keanu and stop watching after that.