Dumped by her boyfriend, a
Director: Natalie Krinsky
Cast: Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre
Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Molly Gordon, Phillipa Soo, Bernadette Peters
Release Date:
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rated PG-13 for sexual content throughout
and some crude references, strong language and drug references
Runtime: 1 h 48 min
Review:
The Broken Hearts Gallery
doesn’t reinvent the rom-com, in fact you won’t find many surprises here, but it’s
successful because of endlessly charming star.
Natalie Krinsky doesn’t miss any rom-com tropes or turns but she’s smart
enough to give her film a light breezy feel that makes it easy to like. Her biggest weapon though is Geraldine
Viswanathan and she makes great uses of her. Viswanathan has incredible screen
presence and comedic timing; anyone who saw her in 2018’s Blocker shouldn’t be
surprised. Here she’s given the spotlight
and she nails it from start to finish, making the film pop for the majority of
the film’s runtime. Her supporting cast
is equally strong with the film really perking up when she is paired with her
droll roommates/best friends played by Molly Gordon and Phillipa Soo. Still a rom-com won’t work if the two leads
don’t have chemistry. Thankfully Geraldine
Viswanathan and Dacre Montgomery, who set his dreamy meter to 11, have a
playful but believable chemistry. The
cast makes the film worlds better than it deserves to be. Personally I’ve never been the biggest fan of
this genre because of how predictable they are, something that holds true here,
but it’s a testament to how good this cast is that it’s easy to overlook most
of the genres failings on display.
B+
