The overwhelming urge to resist a beautiful romantic comedy is sometimes hard to fathom when it comes to that particular genre. Such films can hardly be criticized as those almost belong to a different class of cinemas. Which Brings Me To You casts familiar actors in this sub-genre; movie fans, the pair’s bemoans a genre with increased toxicity, more over hyper-feminism. Surprisingly, actor and director of The Hating Game Peter Hutchings made viewers of his new work wonder if at least one of us was unwell from a recent Covid-induced feature. The small-stakes excuse works for awhile, but in 2023, it seems this two-hander style and plot system of story telling is not going to be evident anymore.
Meanwhile, both Will (Wolff) and Jane (Hale) find themselves at a wedding but not in the same place; one of them is at the bride’s side and the other at the groom’s side. Will was once a band member who played for the groom, while Jane was a school mate to the bride. Apart from the circumscribed association with the two sides of the invited guests’ list, this leads to a language and so forth like a near sexual interaction in an overcoats cupboard. The two, however, have much more in common than is apparent at first, and comfortably click.
Which Brings Me to You takes the direction of analyzing the characters Will and Jane quite further. As each one of them tells the most sordid details about their sexual experiences or heartbreak, a bridge begins to be created. They find out more and more about the other, including how they comprehend the planet around them. While this approach does grab our attention at the beginning, we do not have an attraction for comedies. Which Brings Me to You might be a little too much for even a casual lover in romance novels.
Do not take any of this as any knock on either Wolff or Hale, who rather seem to be having a rather good time wearing their “best acting quirks”. It enables each one of them to ride on the energy of the other without stepping out of their boundaries caused by the intrusion of numerous other actors. A few such moments have all led to some cute sequences. “It had to be you” morphs itself to turn into something more of a ‘La La Land’ type of scene. Connecting all these dots and stringing it seamlessly would also be a test of one’s patience and an anti-climax for Macavinta. At least director Hutchings shows and not tells, otherwise we would have one seriously drab feature.
In spite of being inhabited by two endearing actors, Which Brings Me to You is so flimsy and inconsequential that it can barely be called good. Its humor and the absence of the supporting cast has an inherent emptiness rather than the warm fuzz feelings one hopes for. With just a bit more scope, and better rom-com vibes, we could have saved a unique treat.
Navigating every event concludes to a single overnight quest in Which Brings Me to You movie that finally comes out in US theaters on January 19th, Friday.
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