CSL

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2020)

What a pleasant surprise this was. A charming, clever, fun exploration of the various forms of love that take place in the lives of our ensemble cast. Love isn't always, sweet, romantic and clean. Sometimes it's messy, complicated and people can fall out of it just as hard as they fall in.
The latter part I really appreciated for the majority of this. Even aside from that though, everyone is doing such excellent work here that I found myself getting invested in most of the relationships.
It does run into the problem that all movies like this seem to face though. Getting all of these divergent storylines to meet up takes a heavy dose of plot convenience to make work and I frankly never buy it. I also have some issues with the ending that I won't go into to avoid spoilers.
Still, this is a fun little movie. It's a bit of a shame that it's been severely one-upped by better films (La La Land and Marriage Story cane to mind) but this is still a pleasantly enjoyable watch.