Starring Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Saunders, Betty Gilpin
(5-Okay Film)
Decent. Conventional. Disappointing.
Natalie (Wilson) has been taught since an early age that Hollywood romance was for model-thin beauties. “Romantic comedies are fairy tales,” says her mother. After a blow to the head, Natalie wakes up in an alternate New York (the New York shown in rom-coms) where everything and everyone is beautiful. Her life’s a romantic comedy! Despite a clever premise and an unconventional lead, Isn’t It Romantic plays it safe for the most part. It’s likable enough and vibrant and goes down smooth. It’s never laugh-out-loud funny, however, and not very memorable once it’s over.
-Walter Tyrone Howard-
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