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Post #1487651

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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7-Jun-2022, 11:45 AM

Man Up - 2015 - 7/10

Well done British romantic comedy scores all around.
Jaded relationship failures “meet cute” then have the great first night date.
Go figure.
They down multiple shots, strike at a bowling alley (are there even lanes in London?), quarrel, bond, deceive, lie.
And yes, deception lurks at the core of this comedy.
Points for using fairly unglamorous leads, kicking them into cringe situations.
Points for positive portrayals of Millennials, not cast as self-absorbed, delusional twats.
Feel good material, with melancholy undercurrent.
Possibly rated this higher than it deserves because the other suggested title was guy kryptonite, Sex In The City 2.