Honestly films these days have bigger budgets, better equipment, supposedly better actors and creative minds yet this film is genuinely nonsensical and devoid of logic or any of the charm a film like this needs.
Romcoms from 90s to noughties we're are their peak, British humour, warmth heart and in that time several Asian cultures intertwined with ours and made for some seriously legendary films.
To get a mix isn't easy but this did neither culture any favours, it was an almost offensively vague and ignorant portrayal of Pakistani culture. If I went to a pub and asked a random they'd say "lots of food, family and colourful decorations, mixed in with religion" plus it played out with the same basic level of understanding of their religion.
Ok big problem here is ignoring Emma who's great and I'm amazed got roped into this, the casting is horrible, there is not a shred of chemistry between any couple, adult or younger, the family don't interact like family and the played out predictable story between the two leads, was dry, cold and wooden, not a single fibre of chemistry or realism.
Let's be clear to, the girl isn't a nice girl, she's not someone you root for or care about, rude to her family, goes against obvious issues and embarrass her supposed friends family, selfish, tries to act unlucky in love whilst the vet guy was genuinely nice! Very strange writing. Lilly is fine for sky adverts and she's attractive but an actor she is not, maybe for tv or cheap movies, not a lead. I mean her acting was her one speed character she does in every film we said she's like a Poundland Keira.
Weirdly the one interesting bit was a side story that didn't get anywhere near the attention it should have, also the new wife was ridiculously poorly written and deserved to add a bit more into the story than the weird stuff she got to work with.
The lead guy, honestly up there with the worst actors I've seen lead a film, not particularly attractive, no charm, no nothing, just bland.
The whole premise and stuff could've been really good but with the casting and writing it got , bar Emma, I heard no laughter, there was no romance here. It fails in every genre you'd try and attach to it and that kiss was so uncomfortable and weird.
Don't waste your time paying for this, maybe freee tv on a rainy day but it's another dull, failure of a genre perfected 3 decades ago, I can't understand how anyone watched it back and thought it was good, plus how they kill off the premise of the story on a voice Mail with no fight back, sums up how little this film means. Pointless is being kind.
