Movie Review | Friendzone: A Frothy Feel-good Romance – FilmyVoice
When hearts flutter and lips don’t mutter “I really like you” on the proper time, the connection slips right into a imprecise zone known as ‘Friendzone’. It’s a state of affairs by which two persons are pals, however considered one of them them has an unreciprocated romantic or sexual curiosity within the different.
Director Charles Van Tieghem’s ‘Friendzone’ accommodates all of the tropes of a romantic comedy – meet-cutes, montages, banter, a bizarre preponderance of intercourse scenes that all the time point out a darkish flip on the finish of the second act, and eventually, the realisation.
The narrative begins on a slipshod be aware with Thibault Galland (Mickael Lumiere) aka Titi, a male nurse working within the paediatrics division, is at a resort attending a bachelorette get together. Throughout a late night swim, he plunges into the water stark bare, and by happenstance, he bumps into Rose, a designer for kids’s put on, who’s on the resort for some commerce present.
Over a dialog, we study that she is nursing a damaged coronary heart and Titi too is a single man. They meet usually however sparks of romance don’t fly.
Titi’s pals Alexandre, Maud, and Lulu study their pal has some insecurities on the subject of romantic relationships. They inform him, “Ladies today, we make our personal cash, we drive, we vote. We don’t wish to waste time. We wish guys who’re sensual, like Pharrell Williams or Justin Timberlake.” So, they take it upon themselves to groom and coach Titi to change into the person a woman would chase.
Titi lies to Rose, saying that he has to journey to Siberia for a month and endures the coaching for a make-over. When he returns, to his disappointment, he learns that Rose is again together with her ex, and so, to make her jealous, he hooks up with Jennifer, the most popular babe on the town. And issues don’t work the best way he had envisaged, however he nonetheless cares for Rose and feels that Rose’s boyfriend will not be good for her. How the hopeful romantic Titi convinces Rose that he’s not a finest pal however boyfriend materials, kinds the crux of the narrative.
Mickael Lumiere does a superb job of portraying Titi, a delicate younger man who’s emotionally low-keyed. He shares beautiful on-screen chemistry with Rose, however their performances are removed from compelling. Additionally, the supporting casts are stereotypes and mundane.
Whereas there’s a honest quantity of wit and humour within the script, the narrative, is free and the dubbing is careless that you simply don’t really feel for the characters.
General, ‘Friendzone’ is a frothy, feel-good, romance that doesn’t want a lot pondering.
–By Troy Ribeiro
