This British romcom promised so much - what a shame that it doesn't come together
So it’s a real shame that it doesn’t quite come together. Thomas plays Lisa with real sweetness, while Roberts’ Danny is dryly amusing, if, at times, frustratingly low energy. But listening to the two banter away , I remained uncharmed.
This is, in part, because the world the pair inhabit has been made needlessly wacky. We only see Danny confined to his flat, where he is forced to battle a pigeon, look after an enormous dog and inadvertently host a birthday party for cats. It’s all a bit cartoonish, and, worse, unfunny. Lisa’s dull partner Veggie makes videos called things like “Unboxing For Unboxers” and reads a book rather too obviously joke-titled “The History of Bricks. The big visual gags – a pizza being fed through a window slice by floppy slice, or a woman’s finger being severed – don’t grow organically from the plot, but instead seem crowbarred in to liven things up.
A new British comedy on a global streamer is something to celebrate, and a contemporary rom com is always welcome. The cast is enthusiastic and the two leads share some genuine chemistry – which is especially impressive given that they are kept almost entirely apart. Butis like sitting in the pub watching two friends flirt: nice for them, but you kind of want to make your excuses and leave.
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