I’ve ragged on romantic comedies a fair bit in past reviews.
Part of that is simply the nature of the beast, since rom-coms tend to make for
rather clichéd viewing even at the best of times, but I feel like I haven’t the
sub-genre nearly enough credit. I mean, with both critics and general
audiences, rom-coms tend to be the most accessible features to get into, and
that accessibility can lead to some opportune moments for demographics to get
screen time. I looked at this last year with Crazy Rich Asians, a film that was
ostensibly just a standard narrative boosted tremendously by its cultural
aesthetic. Today’s film very well could have the chance to do the same thing
for Tiwi indigenous Australians, but… I can’t lie, I’m not nearly as hyped about
this one.
