{"id":58497,"date":"2018-07-01T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/?p=58497"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:39:58","slug":"save-the-date-2012-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/save-the-date-2012-review\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Save the Date’ (2012) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite finding Sarah (Lizzy Caplan<\/strong>) fairly unlikable, I\u00a0did<\/em>\u00a0enjoy this indie romance\u2026to an extent. The saving grace for me was the performances by Alison Brie<\/a> <\/strong>and\u00a0Martin Starr<\/strong>, both of whom I could watch in just about anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While planning a wedding, their relationship struggles were more relatable and, honestly, more interesting than Sarah\u2019s problems. Sarah\u2019s public rejection of her rocker boyfriend\u2019s proposal was cringe-worthy enough, but then she jumped into an immediate relationship with a marine biologist (Mark Webber<\/strong>) without much guilt or reflection over how she treated her ex (who was refreshingly not a\u00a0complete<\/em>\u00a0idiot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could feel the film\u2019s effort to be quirky and different, but there is nothing overly memorable about\u00a0Save the Date<\/em>. If anything, it suffers from a lack of likable characters and originality.\u00a0Lizzy Caplan\u00a0fails 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watched:<\/strong> 07\/01\/2018
Notable Song:<\/strong> I\u2019m Just A Wolfbird by Geoffrey Arend and Martin Starr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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