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Mother of the Bride (2024)
Brooke Shields is abysmally bad at acting
Brooke Shields was bad enough in her previous Netflix romcom set in a castle I can't even be bothered to look up the title. But she succeeded in being even worse in this one. I lasted 15 mins into it and just ff to the last 5 mins. Thank god I didn't waste more than 20 mins of my life. She has no comedic timing, is wooden and aggressive, and lacking any range of emotion and expression.
If the script had been good enough and funny, then maybe just maybe you could get away with watching this as silly daytime escapism under a blanket with flu. But no. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth with how much cringe there is not to mention who the hell thought it would be romantic and a happy ending to have the couple's parents get engaged thus making them step-siblings?! Happy families is one thing but that's too cosy for comfort! Do Netflix writers get their inspiration from fetish websites? This is not how mamma Mia worked, guys, if you thought to make it like the mum getting engaged at the end, there was no weird cringe vibe with the ending there.
Falling for Figaro (2020)
No reflection on actress but Unlikeable character
1 star each for Hugh Skinner, pub landlord and the villagers. Lumley is an angry Patsy, but love her. Her "oh piss off" is classic and very few could pull it off.
Why why why do they make female leads SO aggressive, dysfunctional in relationships and lacking in self-awareness these days? The promotion scene was cringe, her behaviour to her very nice bf was gross, she lives with him and had never told him before of her burning desire to be an opera singer and she decides by herself to turn their lives upside down by ditching everything for a year and choking him in a restaurant tells him to either toast it or F off?! The 0-100 leap Max made from resenting her to helping her and falling for her was implausible. Where are all these men in real life falling over themselves to worship at the feet of these shallow, selfish, aggressive and obese women?
A female lead doesn't have to be pretty and slim per se but if you're making a romcom intended to tug at heart strings then there has to be an appeal, a certain feminine softness and depth alongside integrity and resolution.
Frasier (2023)
Dire. Like watching a local panto
I wish Kelsey'd just slapped the writers in the face with the script and walked out. And the cast give the impression they're in acting class waiting for cues.
Eve is annoying, delivery forced. Submissive nose-ring = tiktok box tick. Is she supposed to be Daphne's equivalent? Not endearing, not funny. No romance to root for. Where's the angst, misunderstandings and complications? Do writers think human nature or what we find funny has changed in 25 years? I wish Hollywood would see why younger people watch old shows.
Olivia has no chemistry as the woman in the trio. Kelsey and Lyndhurst most bearable.