Review of When We First Met

The classical scenario where the protagonist is a moron, doesn't know it, and it takes a full movie of stupid moves for him to realize that he is moron and that happiness is just in front of him. Because yes, when you spend I don't know how many years thinking about how great your relationship with a girl could have been while you don't know her (because not knowing her best friend shows he doesn't, particularly when the said BFF taught the girl everything he likes in her), you're just a sad moron. The issue is that it is so easy to predict that the first present is the only one that the movie can finish on (the girl is happy in the begining, and you quickly understand that she will never be happy with the hero, it would be a terrible lesson if they end up together), that all the movie becomes a pain to watch. Because you know that it will end exactly where it started.... Comic scenes are just too awkward, empathy with this kind of character is really difficult, side characters are stereotypical (seriously, the "funny seducer black pal"? Still doing that in 2018? And I don't talk about the other..), none of the modified timelines is really original... (Well excepted the stalker one perhaps... But it is too dumb to enjoy) Maybe actors are good. With this kind of scenario it is hard to tell, no actor can save it. I do not recommend it at all. I guess it can make you feel good if you're out of breakup and you need reason to move on. But still.