Love at First Sight (2023)

We didn't hate this light, fluffy, dare I say cliche, rom-com with snappy dialog about travelers meeting on a plane and almost not keeping in touch. We're fans of Haley Lu Richardson so Jack and I gave it a try for some light entertainment. Ben Hardy is the love interest, Jameela Jamil the narrator, and Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips, and Dexter Fletcher the next generation.

Directed by Vanessa Caswill from a screenplay by Katie Lovejoy, it is based on Jennifer E. Smith's 2011 novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.

Paul Saunderson's pleasant original score by can be streamed on Apple Music, as well as this album of songs.

Richardson was last blogged for After Yang, Hardy for Pixie, Delaney for Deadpool 2, and Saunderson for Three Identical Strangers. Former model Jamil is best known for 30 episodes of The Good Place. Phillips' long resume includes the Bridget Jones movies (I missed the third in 2016) and five episodes of Veep as the Finnish Prime Minister. I've apparently seen Fletcher in some of his dozens of roles but his only mention in these pages is as director of Rocketman. This is Caswill's feature debut and Lovejoy's second time around.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are waiting for a few dates to proclaim their adoration, averaging 72 and 81%, respectively. We watched it on October 25 on Netflix.