I Want You Back

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A tedious and uninspired rom-com. Charlie Day's natural charm & comedic timing elevates this pointless film. Unfortunately Jenny Slate ruins the whole thing with her irritating, scratchy yuck voice. Given her limited acting ability, Slate is better suited for one-note small roles, as she can only be enjoyed in small doses. Aesthetically challenged, she is simply not suited to play lead roles. Maybe she should consider working behind the scenes. Skip this one. Trust me.

...just because they're chick flicks. Love Charlie Day and so I thought this was worth a watch; I'm halfway in and wow, just nails-on-a-chalkboard bad. I will watch the rest because I don't think anyone should write a review without doing so, and I'll edit this if necessary. I am so sad because I now have no confidence whatsoever in IMDB ratings and reviews. No way the average watcher gives this tripe anything over a six!

Romcom with gentle feelings and beautifully written.. now I don't mean super romantic, nor super funny. It's beauty is in the touching characters, all of whom are human and just trying to do their best. Also, it is unpredictable in its delivery.. you really have no more idea who will end up together than the characters do. Only predictable bit is climax where they all meet back up together at the end. The writing is also quite gentle, thoughtful, but not soppy. I'm 50 yr old guy, and think this would appeal to both men and women. Watch this if you want a nice film to see with your partner or just a Sunday afternoon film which will keep you watching. Not something for the background, at start seemed a little confusing/complicated, but overall a satisfying film. Well done to the team who made it.

This movie has good chemistry between Charlie Day and Jenny Slate. It's one of those classic feeling rom coms where you know the ending but you still want to see how they get there kind of thing. I will say the only small issue I had was certain scenes where Slate's character gets close to a middle schooler and drives the kid home without permission from his parents where they end up talking about sexual things (don't worry, it's not like that) as well as gives him her personal phone number to keep in contact with her...I don't know it just felt unnecessary and honestly a little creepy if this were a real life situation if that makes sense. I understand that they were setting it up to make her realize her true calling as a guidance counselor, but they could have gone about it another way. I will say this, the ending was albeit cheesy but very cute. I walked away (from my couch) feeling that both Slate and Day deserve more leading roles in the future.

Cute, sweet, and funny. A few belly laughs Day is convincing enough but Slate is the standout. Highly recommend if you're a fan of the genre, or want a cute romantic film.

Day and Slate DO make a nice combo on screen, but I think they'd each have that same chemistry with anyone (they're both pretty strong actors, IMO). Amazon should make as many movies with both of these people as possible, IMO (not as if there aren't a lot of good actors out there, but I think those two are definitely in their "acting prime," like Arnold in the 90s). I don't mean together, necessarily, but Amazon should really use these two a lot right now. The part where she said "They like each other, but in that way they take may murder each other" was a very funny and well delivered line. There's a lot of good scenes though. They should have replaced most of the smoking scenes with vaping scenes in this movie, also. Smoking is soo nasty, especially on screen.

Trailer—I Want You Back

Apart from the ending, which was hmm nearly an open ending, the film was enjoyable. The premises were interesting and the progress was smooth, though the story was more or less predictable and didn't differ from any other movie out there with the same theme. Still, the main actors had chemistry, which helped the movie a lot.

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