Review of What If

"If it's too simple you've got no reason to try and if you've got no reason to try you don't." Wallace (Radcliffe) has just come out of a relationship and is forced to go to a party with his best friend and roommate. When he is there he meets his roommate's cousin Chantry (Kazan) and the two immediately hit it off. At the end of the night Chantry gives him her number and then rushes in to see her boyfriend. Wallace decides to stay "just friends" with her but that doesn't really go has planned. I am not a huge fan of romantic comedies. I will admit that some are funny and aren't terrible to watch but for the most part they are just generic and full of fluff. Those movies are needed but they just aren't for me. This one is one of the rare exceptions where a romantic comedy actually contains something more than just surface feelings. This one feels more real and isn't the typical boy meets girl and they live happily ever after formula. This movie is more along the lines of 500 Days Of Summer, Spectacular Now or Gigantic. This is one of the few romantic comedies that I can recommend. Overall, not a typical date night movie, but still a good date movie. Much better than any Katherine Heigl rom-com. I give this a B.