Anyone But You movie review

MOVIE TITLE: Anyone But You

This trashy rom-com movie is playing in theaters and is also available to stream on HBO Max.

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 43 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: D

IN A NUTSHELL:

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice-cold until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia that their exes also attend. So, they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple amidst the fighting.

The film was directed by Will Gluck, who also wrote it with Ilana Wolpert.

Ultimately, this is like a rated R Hallmark movie with lots of raunch.

THINGS I LIKED:

There is plenty of eye candy here for everyone. The cast is filled with good-looking people and includes Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Hadley Robinson, GaTa, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, and more.
Sydney Sweeney was bit by a spider in the movie while filming. That famous clip was posted online and got a lot of stir.
We get to visit Australia during the film.
The cast is diverse, offering a variety of stories about romance and love.
The last scene takes clips from the whole movie and has all of the actors sing the same song for a feel-good moment.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

Sure, everyone in the cast is hot, but the script is garbage. It sounded like it was written by a trashy version of Chat GPT.
It’s supposed to be funny, but it’s pathetic how they are instantly super ugly and mean-spirited to each other when they have a miscommunication.
It’s SUPER predictable.
Cliched end-of-movie singing, dancing scene.
So much fighting.
So many awkward moments.
They say the movie is loosely based on Shakepeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, but I think the Bard would be disgusted by the lack of intelligent language in the script. So many F-bombs. One similarity is that they get a wedding cake from a shop called “Dogberry’s”, which is the name of a character in the play.
I cringed and rolled my eyes so many times.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

This movie is definitely not appropriate for kids. It portrays unhealthy relationships and extremely bad behavior.
Kids will be completely bored because it’s mostly adults talking to each other.
Profanity and lots of F-bombs
A lesbian couple kisses and gets married
We see a topless woman
We see several shirtless men
A couple gropes each other inside their shorts.
Two women wear bikini tops that barely cover anything.
We see a ton of cleavage
A lot of sexual innuendo. We see an unmarried couple in the shower and bed together.
We see two men smoke a joint.