The Age of Commercialism

Great Film overall

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Love this movie. Best Netflix original romance yet! Not a cliche romance about cancer. Has the F word and the beginning scene has the two main characters under the covers kissing fully clothed but other than hat no other scenes.

The sound and editing and writing are painful. If you enjoy the Hallmark channel, you will love this film. I hope this is not the direction Netflix is going.

Another Netflix film which can't be saved by an amazing performance by Gugu Mbatha-Raw after Cloverfield Paradox. But I've got to give it to them, the derivative story which has its root in Love Story (1970) has made so that it works the best it can be without anything fresh in the script. There were some character dynamics and acting that really worked for me but at the end of it, it's just an umpteenth iteration of a romantic drama that was beyond any hope since pre-production itself.

'IRREPLACABLE YOU': Four Stars (Out of Five)A romantic drama about a couple who have been best friends since childhood, and are now engaged to be married, who's happiness is destroyed when one of them is given a terminal cancer diagnosis. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman. Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan, Timothy Simmons, Kate McKinnon and Jacki Weaver also all have supporting roles in the movie. It was directed by first time feature filmmaker Stephanie Laing, and it was written by actress turned first time screenwriter Bess Wohl. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, and it was also released by Netflix through it's streaming site. I found it to be really sweet and touching. I definitely got a little teary eyed (briefly) too. Abbie (Mbatha-Raw) and Sam (Huisman) have been best friends since they were 8, and now they're engaged to be married and hoping for a child. Instead of finding out that Abbie is pregnant though, they find out that she has terminal cancer. Knowing that she could go at anytime, Abbie decides to dedicate most of her time to finding a new romantic partner for Sam (to take care of him when she's gone). She also makes a few new friends along the way.The movie is funny, in pretty dark ways at times, and it's also incredibly sweet. It's also (of course) a heartbreaking tearjerker. I know a lot of people that try to avoid films like this, but I love them. I really respect a movie that can get me really emotionally worked up, especially to the point of actual tears. This is one of those films. It's not a great movie, but it's definitely well made, and heartfelt.