The Way We Weren't (2019) User Reviews

"Lies and Marriage"

[Kamurai25 · 6/10 · 10 March 2021]

Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

Similar to "Wedding Daze", this a modern day fable where communication is necessary for happiness.

Getting married too soon, and/or on a bed of lies, is an obvious opportunity for plenty of abuse humor.

The story is a fun rollercoaster of ups and downs of love and come uppences.

Fiona Gubelmann is great and pretty much carries the movie, but the writing surrounding everyone is good enough that is makes for a humorous experience.

The Truth is Somewhere in the Lie

[nammage · 6/10 · 23 June 2019]

I mainly watch television shows these days; I used to watch movies more than anything. Probably 12,000-14,000 ratings here on movies alone. For some reason I'm watching a lot of TV shows these days (two years). Just finished "Sneaky Pete". Anyway, all A films are formulaic in the sense that you know what you're getting whether great, or not. B films try a little harder; most times they fail. I didn't know whether this was going to be Hallmarkish, or what. I hate Hallmark films. They're all the same and they emphasise drama over everything. You've seen one Hallmark film, you've seen them all. I can't believe they produced "Farscape". Anyway, this film has that Hallmark feel to it. I looked to see who produced it because it felt Hallmarkish in the beginning but when a character dropped the f-bomb, I knew it wasn't a Hallmark film. I was relieved and continued watching.

This film is a story of love. Two people never really had it and they lie to each other about themselves to finally find what they've been missing. So sweet, I guess. On one side you have Charlotte (Fiona Gubelmann, "The Good Doctor", "Wilfred") who basically has only been with one man her entire life. She ends up pushing him off a cliff. He didn't die. Then you have Brandon (Ben Lawson, "Neighbours") who seems that he can't really commit to his girlfriend Ashley (Kristi Clainos) and finds her having sex in their bed with another guy who he faints on top of while their still engaged in intercourse. So, after a very short while, they get married. 10 days later they seek a divorce when they find out that they're both frauds and blaming the other rather than themselves. The only thing they start with of the 'truth' is a Swedish TV show they both love.

It's not a great film. It has some humorous parts throughout, and I laughed several times. I'm not a 'smile' type of person. I'm an ornery kind of guy, at least that's what people tell me that know me. This film made me smile. I enjoyed it. I rate mainly on technical so I couldn't give this a higher rating than I did. The ending, of course, was predictable and one could see it coming once you figured out the film in the first 10 minutes. But that's okay. Not really a big deal for me because it made me smile and making an ornery guy like me smile, well, that takes something special. Also, it's always nice seeing Tobin Bell in something. Seeing him playing a hippy type character; that alone may be worth watching this film. I would have given it a 7/10 if they didn't have the private parts of the guy at the end blurred. Not saying I wanted to see that but if you're going to do a scene like that then do it, don't blur it.

Technically flawed, but has some good points

[flashfluidimdb · 5/10 · 16 September 2021]

The sound, the camera work, the lightning, and the realism of the effects (like the accident) are of the lowest quality. I have no doubt about that.

The script could need some polishing, but the story as a whole was kind of enjoyable.

The actors were pretty decent, or even good, but as it happens, the actors cannot carry the whole weight of a movie and compensate for other flaws.

Terrible script and camera work is horrendous. Like a student film

[trav123 · 1/10 · 2 April 2019]

This film is a low budget terrible script shot on some cheap camera that makes it look like an iphone was used or a cheap camera. The acting is pretty lacking and not sure how anyone could rate this as a 10 unless they worked on the film which looks like shot locally in LA. I give it a 1 for being resourceful in stealing so many free cool locations.

Had to see for myself which version of reviews i agreed with

[dvkvevev-91866 · 7/10 · 8 August 2020]

It seems like reviewers either loved it or hated it with no in between. I had been debating whether to watch on Prime which is why I checked out IMDB reviews - to help me decide. The result was I had to watch it to see which side I agreed with. I liked it. Very low budget but it didn't feel cheap. The characters are all likeable and the acting was good - no-one took it too seriously which kept it light. And it was funny. It had some filler but generally it moved along at a reasonable pace. Did I mention there are some very funny scenes. I will probably watch it again and soon because it left me with a good feeling.

Here's the real joke "Genres: Comedy"

[Netjer-y-khet · 1/10 · 18 March 2019]

Rotten acting, terrible camera work, and not a funny line in sight. I gave this rubbish a 1/10 in the hope of balancing the current 6.9. I'll be very surprised if this ends up with better than 4.5 when real voters start voting it down instead of the cast voting it up.

funny, actually.....

[ops-52535 · 7/10 · 18 March 2019]

This is not a super duper budget romantic comedy, its not a dead serious, academy award winning stuff but its jolly good fun all the way through. its about internetdating(so its a cliche) but this was a bit more twisted and cute than lots of other b-movies of the comedy genre seen lately. its lots of good old slapstick, and fun of the kind you realize 3 secs before it comes, and it really made me laugh especially in the 15 first minutes. apart from slapstick, its also spangled with a lot of dipstick humour, and a bit of adultery, so if you like that the grumpy old man says,take a look at ''the way we weren't''

Skip It

[peachmicallef · 1/10 · 17 July 2021]

Want to watch an obviously low budget movie, about a relationship between two people founded on lies? This is the perfect movie for you!

Both of the main characters are unlikable, the script is sub-par, the story-line is just really cliche and boring. Two people lie while dating, they get married! The lies are unraveled, shock! They want to leave each-other, oh no :( but what's this? Maybe...they could love again! Wow!!! Who could have known!!!!!!!!! The!!! Surprise!!!!

The mic work is sometimes good, but then there will be a noticeable drop in quality scene, between scene, it's just overall inconsistent.

If you want to waste 90 minutes of your life you'll never get back, go ahead, maybe volunteer instead, it would be a better use of 90 minutes.

Hysterical

[kutzkingz · 7/10 · 17 June 2019]

Freaking hilarious had to pause movie a few times I was laughing so hard

Sweet and entertaining story with charismatic leads but...

[bobogajan · 2/10 · 15 August 2019]

Great story idea and a great cast. But everything else (e.g. the script, direction, editing, and camera work) is terrible! I've seen tons of B movies and straight-to-video movies, but this looks more like a student film, like maybe a B or B- student. I don't know how so many successful actors were roped into participating. I'm actually very interested in how this movie came together. I imagine they ran out of time and money and were forced to submit a hastily thrown together rough cut, which they didn't even have time to review upon completion.

Living Their Own Truth

[gensbill · 8/10 · 19 October 2019]

I know, there is only one truth. These two don't stretch it, they simply disregard it in dual attempts to be what they think the other is looking for. It's sweet and cute with likable characters, some decent funny parts and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Oh, and any director who is willing to tease China, Inc. in today's film industry deserves some credit for bravery.

Low budget disaster

[amberdurey · 3/10 · 13 August 2019]

I give it credit because I've seen worse but overall the film is crap. I'm quite pleased I managed to get through it. The story is poor, the acting is poor, the effects are beyond poor. I can't imagine that anyone whose seen the film can actually rate it 10/10.

I agree with others, fake reviews galore here...

[MovieQween-33622 · 2/10 · 4 August 2019]

After the first 5 minutes of a "guy falling a down a hill" I turned it off. It was the worst fake fall (it was a dummy clearly and so bad). Please just save yourself and watch ANYTHING else. Amazon prime really needs to get some quality movies. Quality > quantity people 🙄

Wowser the fake reviews are bountiful

[bobbylebay · 1/10 · 14 July 2019]

I can appreciate the cast and their friends trying to bump the ratings, but geeeez! This is one horrible film. I mean REALLY horrible. The camera is quite possibly an iPhone, because it's moving around so much I'm getting dizzy. I'm guessing a couple of high school kids put this together for their 10th grade film making class.

Bad script, terrible acting, even horrible makeup, feels very low budget

[j_co · 1/10 · 1 November 2020]

Should be ranked much lower, it's just a bad movie, I can't think of anything good to say about it.

WTF did I just watch?

[kiahrex · 1/10 · 31 July 2021]

A low grade crap non-comedy, turned off after just a few minutes.

Very offbeat & funny

[jimmpproperty · 10/10 · 4 March 2019]

The two leads are both very charming and the script is full of little surprises you don't see in run-of-the-mill romcoms. Well done.

Filthy language, should be rated R

[wandanet · 1/10 · 7 April 2022]

I had to turn this movie off after 5 - 10 minutes due to extreme language. IMBd says no profanity - a horrible lie! I'm so glad there were no children in the room. It went far beyond a "mature" rating.

So bad it's good

[annapasetes · 2/10 · 25 July 2021]

Maybe not good *good* but funny enough? It's like a less PG Hallmark movie. The only thing going for this movie are the recognizable cast members. Other than that, it looks like a hastily thrown together middling film student project.

Most surprising detail: the director is a sound guy! For someone whose career mostly dealt with sound, the audio of this movie is quite terrible.

Sweet RomCom

[ilovepolenta · 9/10 · 19 March 2019]

I was rooting for this couple to make it work from the very beginning of the movie! The leads are so likable, individually, and absolutely loveable as a pair. Crazy, over-the-top antics add to the entertainment value of the film.

So funny!

[nivroz · 9/10 · 10 May 2019]

Not your average RomCom, watched it with my boo , we both laughed out loud!

Fiona Gubleman is a riot...

[jorenee · 10/10 · 17 March 2019]

I'd previously only seen her on Good Doctor where she's a villain but she's really hilarious in this straight to streaming romcom.

great little film!

[danaivy5 · 10/10 · 19 March 2019]

Loved this cute movie! The characters have a good chemistry and the story is great, funny and warm. I enjoyed it !

Feel good movie that made me laugh the entire time!

[johnkann650 · 10/10 · 19 March 2019]

The movie was a riot! I always appreciate a movie that makes me laugh throughout the shows Well done!

Gem of a movie

[Babycat2 · 10/10 · 21 March 2019]

This is a gem of a movie! Charming story, witty dialogue and great characters. The writing is superb, and many of the scenes are laugh-out-loud funny. A great little romantic comedy to watch alone or with someone you like/love.