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files elliott back again with a brand new early movie review and today we're discussing the new
rom-com coming exclusively to prime video on february 11th by the name of i want you back which
is a film i got the chance to check out early courtesy of the five folks over at amazon and
today i'm gonna let you all know what i thought about this rom-com and if you should give it a
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so hey it's that time of the year where we got valentine's day coming up and now it's so funny i
was just talking about this on a live stream last week we don't get rom-coms like we used to back
in the day like i'm from the 90s i mean jennifer lawrence matthew mcconaughey julia roberts i mean
you name it there was just rom-coms upon rom-coms in the 90s and 2000s but in the last like five
seven years we don't get them that much and when we do get them they go exclusively to streaming so
is this a good rom comp is this a hidden gem is it worth watching well let's talk about rom-coms
in general first and foremost i'm a fan of the genre even the cheesy ones and i i know it i can
call a spade a spade rom comes to me and let's be fair every genre has like the tropes that they're
like traditionally known for and rom-coms to me have very stereotypical uh scripts you know very
predictable but neither here nor there my thing about rom-coms is was i entertained did i enjoy
the characters let's talk about this film starting off with the characters we have charlie day and
jenny slate fans i'm big fans of both of these actors starting off with charlie day i'm a day one
a1 charlie day fans since season one episode one is suddenly in philadelphia and just watching him
in films always put a spider on face even if the films aren't that great i've always seemed to like
charlie day in movies he plays a character named peter who comes across this young lady played by
jenny slate who goes by the name of emma and again very stereotypical story without giving too much
away they are both kind of in their 30s they are both in long-term relationships and they seem to
be like oh our relationships are going good you know this is my person i want to be with forever
but unfortunately their counterparts their partners we have gina rodriguez and scott eastman
they're kind of done with their significant other so they break up with them so normally in these
type of rom-coms you would expect jenny slate and charlie day to come together date each other to
make their exes jealous but not in this film this film kind of puts a little bit of a spin on it
they are going to infiltrate their new relationships to break them up where they
can come back to their exes so that's kind of the plot there and going back to what i liked about
the film i thought the chemistry between charlie and jenny slate was really great to me they were
so funny again mommy's very subjective but for the most part i like comedy when you know speaking of
the rom-com i like subtle comedy now i do every now and then like the the over-the-top type of
comics but this isn't an over top type of crime this is a very situational type of comedy this
is a very kind of like subtle comedy where the characters say funny things and then we go on to
the next scene which some comedies they just kind of linger and sit within that one scene they just
kind of like drain the life out of jokes this film to me didn't have those type of jokes because i
think and that just speaks to the to the testament of charlie dave's i mean and jenny slate's timing
they were both great when it came to the comedy their stories were very kind of relatable because
i'm someone that's been you know in my 30s right now just celebrating a birthday recently
and i think we can all even if you're not 30 if you're over 30 uh younger than 30 we have all
have been in those situations we are you know have a significant other things seem to be good in our
eyes but we don't always see our flaws right and that's what's so relatable about charlie day and
jenny slade they we have ginny slay who's just kind of like living life as it comes she's been
working at this job that really doesn't have that much growth within a position where charlie day is
kind of complete opposite he's doing a pretty big job and he seems to be pretty stable but
he seems to be kind of stuck within his position so we can all kind of relate to those characters
which makes this film so relatable and so fun but again going back to the comedy and the chemistry
they were the best aspects in the film and even looking at the supporting cast members which i
thought that they were they were fine you know i'm a fan of gina rodriguez and scott eastman
they were fine in their roles but again i think the highlight the thing that i walked away with
this film was saying was jenny slate charlie day i love them they were great their chemistry was
off the chains and even individually speaking they had some really great moments so when it
comes to our two leads i enjoyed their journey i enjoyed their growth i enjoy the kind of the twist
on the rom-com with breaking up their couples and there are things that we've seen before that kind
of happens towards the end which i'll talk about my criticism but at the end of the day
charlie day as peter and jenny slate as emma i really enjoyed them and i talked about how i
enjoyed the comedy of the film as well but kind of going into my a little bit of my criticisms i will
say again and i knew this going into it there are very traditional stereotypical predictable things
that happen in this film so that kind of comes with the territory but there were some plots
that i thought were kind of unnecessary i think rom-coms in my opinion should be no longer than
an hour and a half and this film is almost two hours and there are two places i can think of
one involving jenny slate her thing is to break up gina rodriguez and her new boyfriend who happens
to be a theater coach in a middle school there's this kind of middle school plot and we actually
see like a moment where they're auditioning and practicing the play that i thought went way too
long but also there's just weird relationship that jenny slate has with a middle schooler which i
thought was completely kind of unnecessary it had some funny moments between the two but i'm like
why did we need that in the film that could have sliced off like 10 to 15 minutes just from
that plot alone which also brings me to again comedy's very subjective this film has a weird
amount of inappropriate like underage jokes which again some of them were funny but i'm just like
wha what's why are we keep bringing up underage kid jokes again i don't know again you all might
not notice it but i didn't get uncomfortable i was just thinking myself why do we keep bringing up
underage jokes like what's what's the underlying tone that we're getting at here and again it's
it's very easy to criticize the the tropes and kind of knowing where the film's gonna go and
i thought the film as we get into the second act and things start to play
more in the traditional sense of like oh maybe you're the one that i should be with the ending
was just kind of lackadaisical to me again i was so kind of impressed and kind of surprised by how
invested i was into the story even minus some of those gripes i mentioned but i'm just like come
on we could have did a little bit differently the ending does tie back to something that's mentioned
earlier in the film but i just thought that the ending was just kind of like i would have wished
that they kind of ended it in a different matter but honestly those are really my only criticism
so before i give you all my overall thoughts and let you know if i think's worth watching on amazon
video on february 11th if you stuck around to the point of video make sure you're liking it sharing
it commenting in the comments section of course subscribe to the channel overall i want you back
no doubt plays it safe in some aspects in when it comes to rom-com commies but i enjoyed the film
charlie day and jenny slate really carried the narrative to me i laughed with the characters i
enjoyed the characters i related to the characters yes some of the supporting characters kind of felt
a little little dull and kind of stereotypical and the ending to me was just kind of lackadaisical
and there are certain plots that i thought could have been cut out and i think it's way too long
for a rom-com but hey it's something i recommend you all give a watch especially with valentine's
day if you're with someone if you're not give this film a watch and i'm gonna give i want you back a
three out of five it's not a film where i say stop what you're doing go watch this on february 11th
but if you have the time if you want to have a good time if you want to have a good smile
if you want to relate to some characters give this film a watch and when you do let me know your pros
your cons favorite moments do you agree with my positive do you disagree with my negatives let's
talk about it all in the comments thank you all for watching this review hope you enjoyed it hope
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