By: Marri

I think I fell on the side of liking it. It had massive flaws, as others have pointed out, and I think a great deal of the appeal was that is was just nice to see a queer women movie that well-produced, well-acted, and big budget. I also thought it had some really relatable and well-written experience fragments amidst the less realistic overarching plot, like Dan Levy’s speech (if not in the movie’s context) and disconcerting way some people act totally differently around family. I’m actually relieved that Riley and Abby didn’t have “a moment” because I wouldn’t want to see Riley demoted to a plot device, as I think lazier writers might have done. I loved the queer solidarity.

I’m even willing to excuse Abby going back to Harper, considering the context of a year long relationship with, I assume, much better experiences, weighed against 3 days of her being terrible. But I just wanted Abby to go home and sleep on it!!! She had a long, emotional day and deserved her rest and also wtf was Dan Levy doing signaling to her to kiss Harper??? Whenever a romantic interest has treated me badly my best friends hate them more than I do and do not forgive easily; Dan Levy’s character is truly inexplicable here. I wish the movie had let the characters take a breather for at least another 12 hours before a romcom ending.