Honestly, I agree with most of this. It really does feel like a recycled mix of clichés that never gets elevated by the execution. The writing doesn’t do the actors any favors either; everything feels so exaggerated and surface-level that it’s hard to take any of the emotional beats seriously.
The characterization is probably the weakest part for me. The leads are written in such a caricatured way that it never really feels like we’re watching actual people, just tropes moving through a predictable checklist of scenes. And yeah, the “enemies to lovers” angle had zero real tension or buildup, it just kind of happens because the script says so.
I also get what you mean about the tone, it’s all over the place. The comedy feels forced and loud, but then the serious moments don’t land because the drama never builds a solid emotional foundation in the first place. So nothing really sticks, it just passes by.
Overall, I didn’t feel hooked either. It’s not even that it’s offensively bad, it’s just very empty for something that had potential.
The characterization is probably the weakest part for me. The leads are written in such a caricatured way that it never really feels like we’re watching actual people, just tropes moving through a predictable checklist of scenes. And yeah, the “enemies to lovers” angle had zero real tension or buildup, it just kind of happens because the script says so.
I also get what you mean about the tone, it’s all over the place. The comedy feels forced and loud, but then the serious moments don’t land because the drama never builds a solid emotional foundation in the first place. So nothing really sticks, it just passes by.
Overall, I didn’t feel hooked either. It’s not even that it’s offensively bad, it’s just very empty for something that had potential.