When I first reviewed "Isn't it romantic?" in 2019 I said that it was a
Netflix original film and would probably not be released on disc. Fortunately,
I was wrong. It took a few years, but now it's available on Blu-Ray in the
USA. Click on the image above if you don't believe me. It's region free, as
all Blu-Rays should be, so you can play it anywhere.
It's a bright, self-aware romantic comedy that plays like both a parody and a
celebration of the genre it mocks. Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and
starring Rebel Wilson, the film follows a cynical New Yorker who wakes up
trapped inside a glossy romcom fantasy world after a head injury.
What makes it work is its willingness to lean into the clichés it's
satirising; sweeping musical numbers, impossibly attractive love interests and
picture-perfect cityscapes are all pushed to absurd extremes. Wilson carries
the film with sharp comic timing, while Liam Hemsworth and Adam DeVine
knowingly play into archetypes of the genre.
It doesn't completely escape the conventions it pokes fun at, and its message
about self-love is delivered a little too neatly, but that's arguably part of
the joke. Light, fast-paced and intermittently clever, it's an enjoyable riff
on romantic comedy tropes rather than a full reinvention of them.
Success Rate: - 0.4
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