Posts by Sara
‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ (2015) Review
Hello, My Name is Doris Synopsis: A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker. After losing her mother, a self-help seminar pushes Doris (Sally Field) to pursue an attractive younger co-worker, John (Max Greenfield), who has just started as the company’s new art director. With help from her best friend’s…
Read More‘Man Up’ (2015) Review
Man Up Synopsis: Nancy is traveling across London to toast another ten years of her parents’ magical marriage. She runs into Jack who mistakes her for his blind date. Nancy decides to go with it and starts the most chaotic journey of her life. The Brits really know how to make romantic comedies. Man Up…
Read More‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ (2017) Review
Literally, Right Before Aaron Synopsis: Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam’s world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her wedding. Adam (Justin Long) gets a phone call from Allison (Cobie Smulders), his ex of eight years, inviting him to her wedding. Cue romantic, beautifully filtered flashbacks…
Read More’10 Years’ (2011) Review
10 Years Synopsis: Former high-school friends meet again at their ten year high school reunion and discover that the passage of time has changed some things, but not others.
Read More‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ (2018) Review
Netflix is really killing it with these rom-coms lately. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is the kind of movie I’ve been dying to see more of. Inclusive, heartwarming, and genuinely funny. Yes, it touches on a few rom-com tropes, but I don’t consider that to be a flaw if they’re done correctly –…
Read More‘I Give It A Year’ (2013) Review
After a whirlwind of seven months together, Josh (Rafe Spall) and Nat (Rose Byrne) tie the knot. It probably doesn’t bode well for the union that the priest can’t pronounce them ‘husband and wife’ during the wedding ceremony without nearly coughing up a lung. Nat’s sister Naomi (the wonderful Minnie Driver) murmurs to her husband,…
Read More‘The Big Wedding’ (2013) Review
The Big Wedding: Don and Ellie Griffin have been divorced for several years, but when their adopted son’s Catholic, ultraconservative biological mother decides to attend his wedding, they are forced to pretend to be married to avoid upsetting her. The ruse creates tension and conflict within the family, and with Don’s second wife, Bebe, putting the family, and wedding, in jeopardy.
Read More‘Crazy Rich Asians’ (2018) Review
Crazy Rich Asians: New Yorker Rachel Chu is invited to Singapore with her boyfriend Nick Young to attend a friend’s wedding and finally meet his family.
Read More‘Set It Up’ (2018) Review
Set It Up: Harper and Charlie are two overworked and underpaid assistants who decide that the best way to get their ambitious, workaholic bosses off their backs is to set them up with each other.
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