Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu, Catherine O'Hara Honored at 2023 Canadian Screen Awards John Cena, Awkwafina and Simu Liu to Star in 'Grand Death Lotto,' Directed by Paul Feig for Prime Video The question of whether one can love two people at once has fueled many a greater screen romance than this one, though even the lesser ones can make us weep it’s the strangely sterile, textureless finish of Fickman’s film that keeps any real feeling at bay.Īvril Lavigne Tells Topless Protester to 'Get the F- Off' Stage During Juno Awards Speech The premise is old and oft-recycled, though still fit for purpose: Years after her husband was lost at sea and declared dead, a young woman is on the brink of a fresh start with a new fiancé, when the missing man’s unexpected return throws her into a tailspin. The bland proficiency on display throughout “One True Loves” is galling in a story that calls for ripe emotional excess, conceived as it is in the tradition of vintage, unfashionably heart-on-sleeve Hollywood melodrama. There’s scant evidence of personal investment, however, in this clean, anodyne drama of messy romantic conflicts, in which everyone from director Andy Fickman to stars Simu Liu, Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey is working in strict get-the-job-done mode. In fact, this adaptation of a 2016 bestseller by Taylor Jenkins Reid (“Daisy Jones & The Six”) was scripted by the author herself, in collaboration with her husband Alex.

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