Glen Powell as Ben and Sydney Sweeney as Bea looking at each other in Anyone But You
The Big Picture With the holidays fast approaching, and most people already sick and tired of the cold and chills that come with it, the idea of spending the holidays in a warmer, sunnier climate seems like a great idea — especially if it means finding some romance along the way.
Anyone But You R After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice cold - until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple. 'Anyone But You' Makes a Mess of a Classic Story The resulting lack of chemistry does little to help out a messy script, whose only resemblance to the original text is the quotes they sneak into the film, as though they have any understanding of the play at all. The inclusion is surface-level at best, given the way the plot diverts so strongly from the original concept, namely in Ben and Bea’s relationship with each other.
Joss Whedon made the same mistake in his verbatim adaptation of Much Ado in 2011 — another version of the story that completely misunderstood the joy of Shakespeare’s original text. While fake dating is certainly an easy set-up, and one that requires little to no exposition when it comes to a cheap, fluffy rom-com, giving Bea and Ben little to no history means that none of the jokes land very well and that the animosity they share feels fake.
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