Though her performance is as discombobulated as her character seems to be, Sweeney’s distinct chemistry with Powell-along with Powell’s completely irresistible leading man charms-keep Anyone but You perfectly palatable, even if it won’t trigger a proper rom-com renaissance anytime soon.īut Anyone but You can’t hold itself up entirely on its actors’ best traits. And even when it hits a pleasant middle ground to stride upon, Sweeney’s bizarre turn as a flighty law student in a romantic rut pulls the audience out of their momentary stupor. While Anyone but You grazes the allure of Ryan and Hanks’ collaborations, the film lacks the proper push and pull between comedic beats and dramatic stakes that make those movies so watchable (and rewatchable). There’s a reason that Bush and millions of others revere those ’90s hits as classics: Both leads worked so damned hard to make them so. Their spark burned so bright that they elevated rom-coms past the point of conventional genre fare. Then, when both seasoned actors joined forces, they brought out the best of the material-often aided by a hilarious, considerate script penned by the genius Nora Ephron. There’s just one problem: Ryan and Hanks didn’t just have firecracker chemistry together onscreen they were also great performers in their own right, fun to watch even when they weren’t sharing a frame. “We’ll ‘Meg Ryan-and-Tom Hanks’ this thing.” “We’ve talked about it,” Powell said in response to Hager’s pleas for a proper rom-com renaissance, harkening back to the magic of You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle. 22)-could be our next Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Released in 1989, it was the start of a film partnership between Ephron and Ryan that would cement Ryan as a rom-com movie star.įor the rom-com genre, it was a turning point.In a recent interview during the fourth hour of Today, co-host Jenna Bush Hager suggested that Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell-stars of the new rom-com Anyone but You (in theaters Dec. That was mostly due to Nora Ephron's hit film, When Harry Met Sally, starring Ryan and Billy Crystal. "A lot of romantic comedies during that time were very conquest driven … and a lot of the time it was mainly from the male's point of view," Williams said.Īccording to him, by all accounts, the romantic comedies in the 1980s looked very different to the wave of cosy rom-coms we witnessed in the late 80s/early 90s. So what has been Meg Ryan's impact on the rom-com genre? Let's look back. "That stereotype was very much established in the 1980s during her collaboration with Nora Ephron in When Harry Met Sally … in that film, she arrived on the scene after playing many supporting roles in her career and established herself as just a really talented, comedic actress." He adds that her stereotype in the cinema landscape has, for a long time, been that of the "romantic comedy darling". The trailer looks like it has all the essential ingredients, a recipe that film and television writer Cameron Williams said comes easily to Ryan. In the film's trailer, they bicker, laugh, dance, and seemingly poke fun at the rom-com cliches that many would associate with Ryan's career in particular. Two ex-lovers, Willa (played by Ryan) and Bill (played by Duchovny) run into each other in an airport during the holiday season (cue romantic snow).īoth their flights get delayed, and they're forced to revisit their relationship and explore what went wrong. The plot reads like your typical rom-com set-up.
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