Written by Steve Bloom
and Randall Green. Story by Steve Bloom, based on his novel. Directed by Chris
Nelson. Starring Noah Centineo, Laura Marano, Odiseas Gerorgiadis, Camila
Mendes and Matt Walsh. USA, 2019
A high schooler obsessed
with getting into Yale starts an app-based business offering himself up as a
date-for-hire.
Noah Centineo, the love
interest in the “To All the Boys…” movies is front and center here as the star,
and he’s a lot more charming as a comedic lead than as the object of affection.
This movie gets the basic premise over with within the first few minutes – I
thought the whole thing would be about him getting paid to take a “difficult”
girl out to a dance, but it turns out that’s just the inciting incident that
propels the rest of the movie, so that was a pleasant surprise. There’s nothing
ground breaking here, but it’s a better-than-average rom-com with some legit
laughs and a lesson to learn that’s not really rom-com based – sure, there’s
romance and there’s comedy, but the protagonist’s central dilemma is not
relationship-based, but rather a struggle to find his own identity.
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