I am huge fan of Emma Roberts, ever since I watched “Nerve”. When I saw the trailer for her newest movie “About Fate” , a couple of weeks ago, I was even more excited about this movie to be released.
This movie was released on September 9th 2022. It starrs Emma Roberts, Thomas Mann (2021’s “Helloween Kills”). Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”), Lewis Tan (2021’s “Mortal Kombat”), just to name a few.
This movie was directed by Marius Vaysberg (2018’s “Night Shift”).
This movie is a Comedy and Romance.
Onto the premise: The romantic comedy is a tale of two people who believe in love, but seem to never be able to find its true meaning. In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other’s path on a stormy New Year’s Eve and comedy and chaos ensue.
This movie was rated R for some sexual references and language.
The whole time I was watching this movie. Thomas Mann reminded me of Adam Driver. Especially when he was wearing his glasses in this movie.
I am such a MMA-fan so I was living for the moments where Lewis Tan was fighting with Thomas Mann’s character at Emma Roberts’ sister’s wedding.
About Fate was a rom-com that immediately went on my radar based on the casting alone. This sweet and adorable movie doesn’t need fancy bells and whistles, wise-cracking sidekicks, or crazy plot twists to get the job done. Instead, Tiffany Paulsen (who apparently really knows how to play on Emma’s strengths and director Marius Weisberg depict a pure and genuine meet-cute that left me with an ear-to-ear grin. For fans of this genre, About Fate presents a heartwarming story about two people who may be destined to be together.
Both leads have 7:30pm reservations at Bennigan’s restaurant. Today is a big day for Margot and Griffin, they each have planned wedding proposals with their significant others!
Deflated egos and hearts broken in the wake of the Bennigan’s fiasco for both parties, Margot and Griffin meet outside briefly after Clementine steals Margot’s Uber in an entitled stride of status. Griffin offers to help Margot, and she replies “Not unless you’ve got an engagement ring in your pocket.” Ironically enough, he actually does.
The very next day, Griffin gets absolutely plastered out with his friends celebrating his first attempt at proposal.
In his drunken state, Griffin gets home at 15 Maple, and assumes Clementine has redecorated.
Margot returns to a “naked deranged man” in her home, but the situation de-escalates as Griffin struggles to explain himself while covering up using Margot’s well-worn one-eyed teddy bear. Kip shows up to “apologize,” shocked that Margot already has a new man. Kip was supposed to be Margot’s date for her sister’s wedding tonight, but what if Griffin could pretend to be Kip? Thus, a plan is born.
Just one night of playing pretend, what’s the worst that could happen? None of Margot’s family has ever met Kip before in the three months they have been together. Kip is a constructor and a black belt, so Griffin may certainly have his work cut out for him.
The circumstances of chance stack as the night goes on in a series of misadventures. At first, it’s a few small things.
Throughout the movie, even though Margot and Griffin are just playing pretend, one can full the pull of romance tugging at them. Emma Roberts and Thomas Mann are delightful to watch.
Thomas Mann plays up a gag where he is constantly shedding his clothes, and Roberts is sincere as Margot tries her hardest to impress others.
What this movie “About Fate” does so well lies in the movie’s adorable simplicity and approach to characterization. I was anxiously waiting for the moment when everything would work itself out. Wedding ceremony and angry exes can’t even stop what appears destined to happen. “About Fate” occasionally pokes fun at rom-com cliches, but still leans into them with ease. Feel-good vibes and exceptionally good chemistry between Thomas Mann and Emma Roberts makes this movie one rom-com New Year’s Eve fantasy whose charms are impossible to deny.
Overall I really liked this movie and I would love to watch a sequel. Therefore it’s “worth a watch” because of the escapism of real-life and going onto the journey of a fun and entertaining movie.
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