Totally formulaic. Grabs from other films but there's really not too much new things in romantic comedies; if you laugh at least once in the first ten minutes then there's hope for the rest. That's how I look at things, sometimes even for dramas (not always). Going by the title of the film I would have liked the film to have been more on varying couples having bad dates rather than just the one couple. That way they could have played with the comedic element a bit. Instead, it's just the one couple. And more and more it takes you to past films in the comedic romance genre, and more and more to one film in particular: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Why watch this one when you can just watch that one?
They do add side stories, of course. Why wouldn't they? One with the friend of the main female character with some guy she chats with with online, and of the bosses of the two main characters. All formulaic.
What's the story? Leigh (Merritt Patterson, "The Royals", "Ravenswood") runs the website 'Bad Date Chronicles' and her boss Allison (Gina Holden, "Blood Ties", Harper's Island") at the magazine/paper she works at finds out she's going out on a date with Conner (Justin Kelly, "The Latest Buzz", "Between") who works for Milo (Matt Bellefleur, "The Romeo Section") and they used to be partners romantically and otherwise. After a horrible date, which Leigh posts about on her website, and then Conner rebuts it saying it wasn't all his fault, their bosses make them go on three more dates because the website got a lot of traffic and that's always good for business. The thing is: their bosses come together with a bet that their respective one will win but then they come together again and try to get them to do the opposite but not really.
Then you have Erin (Lanie McAuley, "Lost After Dark") who, as I mentioned above, chatting it up with a mystery man who is obviously Brad (Giles Panton, "Nexo Knights", "Max Steel") because he's the only other main character left. Not too many of them. Easy to figure out. That's the whole film. And that's what's ultimately wrong with it.
On the surface it just seems like a normal romantic comedy but you've seen the film before in others that had already done it before and were way better at it. You figure the paint-by-numbers plot within the first 10-15 minutes of the film and really you're only really watching the rest to see if it gets you to laugh again (it didn't for me), to get you to smile at the adorable cuteness of it all (it didn't for me) and just becomes a film that wrapped up in the first 15 minutes. The rest became inconsequential. Oh well.
They do add side stories, of course. Why wouldn't they? One with the friend of the main female character with some guy she chats with with online, and of the bosses of the two main characters. All formulaic.
What's the story? Leigh (Merritt Patterson, "The Royals", "Ravenswood") runs the website 'Bad Date Chronicles' and her boss Allison (Gina Holden, "Blood Ties", Harper's Island") at the magazine/paper she works at finds out she's going out on a date with Conner (Justin Kelly, "The Latest Buzz", "Between") who works for Milo (Matt Bellefleur, "The Romeo Section") and they used to be partners romantically and otherwise. After a horrible date, which Leigh posts about on her website, and then Conner rebuts it saying it wasn't all his fault, their bosses make them go on three more dates because the website got a lot of traffic and that's always good for business. The thing is: their bosses come together with a bet that their respective one will win but then they come together again and try to get them to do the opposite but not really.
Then you have Erin (Lanie McAuley, "Lost After Dark") who, as I mentioned above, chatting it up with a mystery man who is obviously Brad (Giles Panton, "Nexo Knights", "Max Steel") because he's the only other main character left. Not too many of them. Easy to figure out. That's the whole film. And that's what's ultimately wrong with it.
On the surface it just seems like a normal romantic comedy but you've seen the film before in others that had already done it before and were way better at it. You figure the paint-by-numbers plot within the first 10-15 minutes of the film and really you're only really watching the rest to see if it gets you to laugh again (it didn't for me), to get you to smile at the adorable cuteness of it all (it didn't for me) and just becomes a film that wrapped up in the first 15 minutes. The rest became inconsequential. Oh well.