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āLOVE WEDDING REPEATā IS ONE WEDDING TO SLEEP THROUGH
Eleanor Tomlinson and Sam Claflin play brother and sister in the film
Love Wedding Repeat was released on Netflix on April 10, 2020. The film is an updated version of the 2012 French short film Plan de Table, which follows eight guests at a wedding.The synopsis Netflix provides for its newer version is simple enough - āDifferent versions of the same day unfold as Jack juggles difficult guests, unbridled chaos, and potential romance at his sisterās wedding.āĀ
Basically, a wedding meets Groundhog Day. That actually sounds pretty interesting.
So why was Love Wedding Repeat so bad?
Itās nearly impossible to answer that question without doing some serious digging and examination into the movie. Is it the shallow plot, tonal inconsistencies, or Sam Claflinās atrocious haircut that caused Love Wedding Repeat to miss the mark? Letās march down the aisle and see.
In this post, I will:
Summarize the plot
Conduct a character analysis for the ensemble (spoilers!)
Examine theĀ filmās poor execution of ārepetitionāĀ
THE PLOT
From the start, itās obvious Love Wedding Repeat has close to no concept of time. We start out with Jack (a miscast Sam Claflin) and Dina (a pretty, but boring) Olivia Munn at the end of a stay in Rome, where theyāve supposedly spent time together and fallen in love. Dina is the roomate of Hayley, Jackās sister. Now, not only is the romantic chemistry between Jack and Dina non-existent - itās really more of a sexual tension - but so is the desire to care about the two of them ending up together. The two are interrupted before a kiss can occur, and eventually head their separate ways.
Sam Claflin and Olivia Munn play love interests to one another
Fast forward 3 years and Hayley is getting married to wealthy Italian Roberto, causing Jack and Dina to reunite. The ā3 yearsā might as well have been the next day, since there appears to be little growth in any of them - especially Jack, who still struggles to formulate a sentence around Dina. Luckily, Hayleyās placed them at the same table. But Jackās desire to make a move is constantly interrupted by the other guests, and the distractions only grow when Hayleyās ex-boyfriend Marc shows up to crash the wedding and a sleeping drug is misplaced in a champagne glass. And when love doesnāt prevail, the movie switches things around: showing us another seating arrangement at the table that changes the situations of each character. What should be a wild ride that eventually ends with love (and yes, a kiss) - feels shallow and undeserved.
THE CHARACTERS
The ensemble is talented, but lacks cohesion
JACK
Sam Claflin portrays the main character
I like Sam Claflin. I really like Sam Claflin. Heās more than suitable to handle these types of films, with romances Me Before You and Love, Rosie under his belt. But, here, the lack of personality to Jackās character makes it difficult for Sam to bring much to the film. Now, Sam certainly does carry the film, but itās definitely breaking his back in the process. Thereās only two things to know about Jack: 1) he likes Dina a lot (I still doubt itās love - despite what the film says) and 2) he loves his sister. Everything else: dead parents, a job as an engineer, an ex-girlfriend -Ā all which would help bring a sense of depth to Jack as a person - is simply mentioned and never truly explored. His bumbling speech and ājust canāt winā trait make it hard to not like Jack, but it does grow old after a while. One would think that losing Dina 3 years prior and finding her newly single would make Jack jump at the chance to make a move, but he still struggles to articulate his feelings to her, or even ask guests to leave so he can speak to her alone. It hurts to watch Jackās awkwardness be one of the biggest barriers between him and Dina - the film would strengthen if Jack was actively trying to speak or flirt and then was pulled away. Jackās supposed conflict of having Amanda, his ex-girlfriend, attend the wedding is hardly a conflict, given their relationship seems to have consisted of more sex than substance and Dina barely seems to care about Amandaās presence. In an attempt to make Jack have something to his character, he ended up with nothing.Ā Well, nothing but a kiss and a wealthy brother-in-law.Ā
HAYLEY & ROBERTO
Eleanor Tomlinson and Tiziano Caputo play the marrying couple
Hayley and Roberto are the couple causing the āweddingā in the filmās title, which fails to show a ceremony and instead, spends the film at the reception. Now, Roberto plays next-to-nothing of a role in the film, so letās focus on Hayley, who is arguably the cause of all conflict in the film.
During her relationship with Roberto and (fairly near to the wedding), Hayley slept with old classmate, Marc, who unexpectedly shows up to the wedding to declare his love for her and expose the secret. Hayley threatens to have security to remove Marc from the wedding, but decides that recruiting Jack to drug Marc with sleeping medication is somehow a better idea. How? In the first scenario, the infidelity is exposed and during an argument with Hayley, Roberto accidentally falls off of the balcony to his death. In the second (and final) scenario, Marc has a change of heart, keeping the secret to himself, leaving Roberto to live his married life in blissful ignorance. Apparently, if in the second scenario loveĀ prevails, being honest isnāt part of the deal. Hayleyās infidelity is excused because according to her āit didnāt mean anythingā and she āloves Roberto!ā If love truly prevailed - if Haley truly loved Roberto - the truth shouldāve come out with Hayley admitting it and (hopefully) Roberto forgiving. But, thatās just me and my ideas.Ā
Anyways, Hayley also decides to invite Jackās ex-girlfriend Amanda for whatever reason (itās not even mentioned if Amanda and Hayley are friends) and to sit her and Jack at the same table. I thought she loved her brother? Itās no surprise when the table arrangement goes south, and is that the fault of the little kids who switched the name cards, or the bride who planned: not only for those particular people to sit at the table but to add a sleeping drug into the mix?Ā
DINA
Olivia Munn plays Dina
Olivia Munn really tries with this role. You can tell she attempted to bring something to the table with Dina, but - similar to Jack - thereās not much to her. Sheās a foreign correspondent and former roommate/friend of Hayley, but sheās mainly just the pretty girl whoās Jackās love interest. Dina is at the wedding as a plot device. Sheās there to remind Jack to seize his chance at love, sheās there to be separated from Jack or whisked away, she almost exists as a symbol. Her story of being kidnapped whilst in Afghanistan and coming back to care for a sick mother who would eventually pass is played twice for laughs, making it hard to find anything to care about for her. āDoes she even like Jack?ā is what I wondered in the back of my mind. She definitely engages in conversation with him, but her flirtiness is hard to find as more than friendliness. Itās known that Dina is newly single, having broken up with an ex. While this is a golden opportunity for Jack, itās not even determined whether Dina is interested in another relationship. It certainly wouldāve been nice to see Dina try to make an effort towards Jack as well - truly making it feel as if both sides are being kept apart.
BRYAN & REBECCA
Joel Fry and Aisling Bea play Bryan and Rebecca
Itās established early that the comedic side-kick is Bryan, the man-of-honor-maid-of-honor, whose relationship to Hayley or Jack doesnāt feel entirely sincere no matter how the film tries. He doesnāt come across as a āride-or-dieā type of best friend, and itās unclear how he and Hayley even met, or what his relationship is like with Jack. Is he best friends to both of them? Thereās little time to ask these questions (not like the film would answer) since Bryan announces his plan for the evening: convincing famous director Vitelli to give him a role in a film. This āsubplotā is little plot, since Vitelliās presence or effect on the wedding is barely felt. In the first scenario, this plan fails tremendously, with Bryan (victim of the sleeping medicine) falling asleep on Vitelli and mid-speech. In the second scenario, the plan works, but only after he falls in love with Rebecca, the blunt Irish guest whose relation to Jack or Hayley is not made clear. Honestly, Rebecca was my favorite character, possibly because she had a clear personality. Even if her chatterbox nature was exploited for exposition, Aisling Bea plays the obliviously honest nature with such perfection that I didnāt mind. Rebecca and Bryan have supposedly dated, but in the end, the two end up together, so thereās little time to care about what caused the breakup. I could only wish that Bryan had acted as more of a wingman for Jack and Rebecca had been given a larger role, perhaps as a wingwoman for Dina.
MARC
Jack Farthing plays the coked-up wedding crasher
If Marc was more of a looming threat, his arrival couldāve easily saved the movie. In fact, I was intrigued by his arrival: who is this disheveled, red-eyed man stumbling into the wedding reception? Whoever he was, he was obviously up to no good. However, the one thing that makes Marc interesting: the secret of him and Hayley having slept together, is quickly taken away or avoided when Hayley reveals the information to Jack (and the audience) on her own. Marc is not much of a physical threat either, his druggy demeanor makes him easy to overtake, hence why in the first scenario heās locked up in a armoire. While the whole situation with Marc could have easily been avoided had Hayley had security remove him, the sleeping drug intended for him never finds its way in his champagne glass. And whatās worse: the audience never gets to see that scenario. If Marc was intended to be the antagonist of this movie (which the film will try to convince you he is), he surely failed by barely being much of a threat to begin with.Ā
CHAZ & AMANDA
Allan Mustafa and Freida Pinto play Chaz and Amanda
If Hayleyās enemy of love is Marc, then surely Jackās is his ex-girlfriend Amanda. Or, supposed to be. Unfortunately, what is told about Amanda is worse than what is shown. For someone whoās supposed to be extremely rude and problematic, Amanda just seems to be extremely annoyed at best. Even when seated next to Jack, she doesnāt bother commenting on the situation, but her unbearable fiancĆ© Chaz sure does. His angry comments towards Jack seem to be coming from a place of hurt: Amanda has not responded to his marriage proposal six months prior. But where Chaz could really be a character to wreak some havoc, especially for Jack, his lines are delegated to unfunny penis jokes for nearly the entirety of the movie. No wonder Amanda is annoyed.
SIDNEY
Tim Key plays Sidney
Speaking of annoying, itās time to talk about the last character of the ensemble: Sidney. Who is this guy? Once again, his relationship is not made clear and the audience is quite confused by the kilt-wearing-crotch-adjusting guest who lacks social intelligence. You can tell when Sidney is supposed to be funny and unfortunately it falls short every time. I guess him finding love in the end is supposed to make us feel some type of way, but it failed to move me. Every member of an ensemble should have something to contribute, and I can say - aside from a few scenes where he was needed to act as a barrier between Jack and Dina - Sidney was completely unnecessary in the film.
VITELLI
Paolo Mazzarelli plays Vitelli in the film
Why was Vitelli in this film? What exactly did he add? Is he actively scouting for a new movie or did guests just assume? Whatās his whole relationship thing with Dina? He offered her a ride - was he romantically interested or trying to cast her? Who even is this guy? How does Roberto know him?Ā Ā
I just...why?
THE ORACLE
Penny Ryder voices The Oracle
Thereās a narrator in this film. Donāt ask why. Not only is she completely unnecessary and unhelpful, the message she spews for a majority of the film is not only untrue butĀ contradicts the entire plot: that chance is the enemy of love.
āREPEAT?ā
Confused, Bryan? So am I.
I donāt whatās worse: that I canāt tell you how many times the film lived up to the ārepeatā part of its name, or that I donāt want to. Itās true: the film only plays out the entirety of two scenarios when it comes to seating at the table. The rest are muddled in what is perhaps the worst montage Iāve seen recently (and Iāve been subjected to multiple āsenior sznā recaps on IGTV), and offer no information. In this montage, we donāt know who has the sleeping drug, and the entirety of the table isnāt even in frame. You donāt know who is sitting where or who has the sleeping drug. I guess it doesnāt matter because Jack and Dina donāt end up together, but it does matter because it needs to make the wait worth it. The audience should be subjected to different crazy scenarios: they should realize how completely wrong everything has gone. They should be tired of reliving the same wedding reception, they should want Jack and Dina to end up together to just end it.Ā
But I must say, the best part of the montage was Jack and Rebecca end up tongue-kissing. Thatās a scenario Iād love to see.
CONCLUSION
A kiss to end it all
I hate to bash a directorial debut. But I hate wasted potential more.
Love Wedding Repeat couldāve been something great - it really couldāve. Itās easy to see the same idea executed better going down as a modern rom-com classic. But Love Wedding Repeatās failure to live up to its name is a major disappointment, especially giving the talented leads (who are better off playing friends than a couple). The idea was certainly there, and so were the resources. I mean, they shot on-location in Rome. But if Love Wedding Repeat shows anything, itās how a lackluster script can truly harm a concept. You canāt tell us sad stuff about our characters, show the sadness. Show the tension between Jack and Amanda, show us the camaraderie between Hayley and Bryan, show how reckless and wild Marc is - make us care and understand. It shouldnāt just be Jack who wants a kiss between him and Dina - it should be us.
Overall, I can only hope what Netflix has in store for the future when it comes to rom-coms isnāt anywhere close to repeating this complete mess.Ā
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