After breaking up with her boyfriend shortly after moving in with him, bookstore owner Sarah finds herself enjoying a rebound romance that comes with its own set of complications. Meanwhile, her sister, Beth, is experiencing her own set of relationship woes as she plans her wedding.

Despite finding Sarah (Lizzy Caplan) fairly unlikable, I did enjoy this indie romance…to an extent. The saving grace for me was the performances by Alison Brie and Martin Starr, both of whom I could watch in just about anything.

While planning a wedding, their relationship struggles were more relatable and, honestly, more interesting than Sarah’s problems. Sarah’s public rejection of her rocker boyfriend’s proposal was cringe-worthy enough, but then she jumped into an immediate relationship with a marine biologist (Mark Webber) without much guilt or reflection over how she treated her ex (who was refreshingly not a complete idiot).

I could feel the film’s effort to be quirky and different, but there is nothing overly memorable about Save the Date. If anything, it suffers from a lack of likable characters and originality. Lizzy Caplan fails as the manic pixie dream girl and instead comes across as a selfish commitment-phobe. By the end of the movie, I was pretty convinced that both of her beaus in this movie deserved better.

Watched: 07/01/2018
Notable Song: I’m Just A Wolfbird by Geoffrey Arend and Martin Starr