Rosaline

Year of release : 2022

 

Run time : 1h36min

 

Genre : Romance / Comedy

 

Cast : Kaitlyn Dever, Sean Teale, Minnie Driver, Christopher McDonald

 

 

The Hulu original movie is based on the 2012 Young Adult novel by Rebecca Serle “When you were mine”, which was inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet story.

 

Rosaline is secretly seeing Romeo,as their families are enemies.

Romeo is very passionate, and tells Rosaline he loves her, while she hesitates.

 

Wanting to be able to be together in public, Rosaline asks Romeo to go to the masked ball where they can dance together and no one would know it's them behind the masks.

 

Just one problem with that plan, her father is trying to get her married ( mostly to men who could be her grandfather), so, he sets her up on a date .The man ( young and attractive) takes her on a romantic date on his boat,right when the masked ball takes place, and not just that, but it starts to rain, delaying their return.

 

As Rosaline didn't show up, Romeo fell for Juliet at first sight, since Rosaline didn’t tell him she loved him back,the night before, hurting his feelings.

 

Romeo stops sending her letters,and not just that,he doesn't even answer her letters. And Rosaline sends him a lot of letters.

 

When her cousin Juliet,visits, Rosaline finds out Romeo is dating her now,so she comes up with a plan to separate them.

 

I personally enjoyed the movie, it was funny and entertaining, while the actors likeable.

Rosaline is trying to break Romeo and Juliet apart, by making Juliet not like him anymore, while asking her new suitor for help, falling for him without even noticing.

I liked the places they filmed at, the landscapes, the architecture, and the costumes.

 

There are a few discrepancies, as Rosaline is taking Juliet to a tavern,which at that time,if the women did that,unaccompanied by men, they would have been considered prostitutes( and probably would have been r@ped),not to mention, Rosaline is trying to make Juliet "date" more men,to play the field.

And they speak using today's vernacular.

The acting was good.

The soundtrack was good. There are a few modern songs which were remade for the movie and I liked the rendition.

 

The movie got a 61 meta score against a 6.1 user score on Metacritic, with a 76% tomato meter against a 75% popcorn meter on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 6.5 on IMDB.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !