Synopsis
A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the perfect partner?
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Cast
- Kaley CuocoSheila
- Pete DavidsonGary
- Deborah S. CraigJune
- Sierra FiskSandra
- Wesley HollowayYoung Gary
- Rock KohliAmit
- Hari NefChai
- Kevin CorriganPhil the Bartender
- Rebecca SchullGertrude
- Pat BowieEthel
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Cuoco and Davidson make for an endearingly offbeat, magnetic pairing; the two actors are up to the challenge of playing different shades within their respective characters. - 75
Consequence
Behind Meet Cute‘s smart performances and effortless humor lies a bittersweet tale about the agony of choosing to live another day, of making decisions not knowing whether they’re the right ones. - 75
IndieWire
It’s both entertaining and smart as hell. - 67
Collider
If you don’t stress over the logistics of time travel and are willing to appreciate the “deeper meanings” that are on full display, then check out this beautifully shot love letter to the messiness of New York City and life itself. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The romantic fantasies and the time travel plotting of “Meet Cute” are a total mismatch. - 50
Paste Magazine
Meet Cute has more on its mind than so many mid-2000s rom-coms, and sure looks a hell of a lot better, so it’s all the more crushing when so much of it turns out to be just as gratingly plastic. - 50
CNN
The formula is obviously full of potential, which explains why writers keep returning to it, from “50 First Dates” to the recent Andy Samberg movie “Palm Springs.” Yet the concept is also fraught with peril. - 40
The Guardian
As hard as Cuoco and Davidson try at chemistry – and Cuoco, at least, seems to be really trying – this umpteenth spin on the Groundhog Day time loop is more irksome than endearing, cutesy than actually cute, a downward spiral of uncomfortably performed neuroticism that devolves into a borderline indefensible ending.
