A review of the new film “Love At First Sight”
I guess that many would call this a chic-flic. After all, it’s directed by a woman, written by a woman, and based on a novel by a woman. But I’m a bit of a sucker for rom-coms, especially those filmed in my home city of London. I didn’t expect much from this Netflix offering but I rather enjoyed it.It deploys many of the tropes of the genre, including the meet-cute (the mobile charging unit at New York’s JFK airport), but there’s a late twist that gives the plot some grit. Above all, we have two young newcomers who bring real charm to the leading roles: Haley Lu Richardson as the American girl Hadley and Ben Hardy as the British guy Oliver.
Give it a try.