Love Actually re-write goes wrong

Rating: 2/10 (25 July 2018)

Ensemble cast is brought together to basically work a shameless rejig of Love Actually. It doesn't step out of the formula of any romcom you've seen before.
Generally - start from this point - it's a genre that is crap unless the dialogue is really sharp. You're dealing with twee sentimentality so something has to make it tolerable. This film lacks any intelligence, it has no edge, there is nothing appealing at all. It is a romcom toilet that indulges every trope. Sadly what is left simply won't flush. There is nothing endearing at all.
Perhaps the most irritating part is the transatlantic marketing. It has clearly been written to appeal to the US audiences and the UK audience too. It is hideously false, shallow and clichéd in this regard. I wonder if the American audiences feel as shafted as the UK audience?
Every person on this project got paid too much and should be ashamed they participated. Even the studio tea lady. Hideous. Destroy it with fire.