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It can be agreed on by many that there has not been a very memorable romcom movie that has been released in theaters over the past few years. Anyone but You was a very refreshing, light-hearted movie that people of all ages enjoyed. This movie was especially raved about by young adults, to which this movie was marketed to. 

This movie starts off with Bea, a young woman, who meets Ben in an awkward coffee shop interaction. Bea is obviously caught off guard by how kind Ben is being to her, and it is obvious that the two have already developed some type of feelings for each other. The scene then skips to later that night, where the two of them are at Ben’s apartment. It’s a very nice and heartwarming scene, with the two of them having fun and laughing with each other while making grilled cheese. The night ends with Bea in Ben's arms, both of them falling asleep on the couch. 

The next morning, Bea is the first to wake up. She panics, not knowing what to do at the moment, and grabs her belongings while quickly leaving his house. Right after this, Ben wakes up, wondering where Bea went. Her disappearance confuses him and hurts him, since he felt they had a really good time together. Ben's friend, Pete, ends up coming into his apartment and asking about “the girl from last night”, meaning Bea. While this is happening, Bea has called her friend and told her about Ben and how much fun she had. Bea’s friend starts criticizing her for leaving, while Bea’s reasoning for this is because she’s never spent the night with someone as nice as Ben. Bea realizes her mistake and starts running back to Ben’s apartment to meet him and explain to him why she left so quickly. Once she gets there, Ben's door was left open from Pete coming in. She overhears Ben and Pete talking about her, which did not go over well with her. Pete was picking at him and Ben was getting mad while talking about Bea, saying things such as, “She was just a girl I met, it's nothing special” or “I don’t like her like that”. Bea, obviously, misinterprets this as the truth. She is very hurt by this and walks away, upset that this guy who she thought was so nice doesn’t actually like her. This causes Bea to end up resenting Ben, over a big misunderstanding.

The next scene, a few months later, shows Bea going to a club with her friends to meet up with other people and have fun. Ben ends up being there too, and they find out that they have a mutual connection. Pete’s sister is actually dating Bea’s sister, which Bea and Ben both find out about at this club together. Since they met again, Bea took the situation as a time to make snarky comments to Ben about that night and what she heard. Ben takes offense to this and brings up how she left without saying anything. They end up resenting each other from this, and get off on the wrong foot.

About a year passes, and Beas sister announces that she is getting married to her girlfriend, Pete’s sister, in Australia. Bea and Ben end up crossing paths on this trip again, both being invited to the wedding. Others were invited to this wedding as well, two of them being a very awkward addition. One is Bea’s childhood sweetheart, Jonathan, who her parents invited in hopes of getting the two back together. One other is Ben’s ex Margaret, who now has a boyfriend, but still obviously has feelings for Ben. 

Bea and Ben end up making such a mess of things, that the wedding party plots to get them together just to keep the peace. The couple finds out about this, and they decide to play along with the poorly executed plan so that Bea’s parents will stop trying to get her back with childhood sweetheart, and also make Ben’s ex Margaret jealous. While the two hate each other, both of them pretending to be dating in front of everyone ends up with them actually falling in love with each other, giving a very nice and heartwarming ending to this movie.

This movie was a much needed, light-hearted movie that left many leaving the movie theater in a good mood. I, personally, really liked this movie. It was a perfect mix of comedy and romance, which sometimes is a hard thing to perfect without it being corny. Many audience members feel the same way. Many say it was very refreshing to see a lighthearted movie in theaters, and even better to see a successful romantic comedy in theaters due to the genre’s dying nature. While audience members rave about this movie, movie critics have a different opinion. With a score of 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, critics are very 50/50 with their reviews. Some say that this movie is very good and the storyline is executed perfectly, while others say that there isn’t enough romance or that it is too cliche. Some also say that the chemistry between the two lead actors (Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell) is little to non-existent, and that every interaction seems forced. While this is a good point, the two actors are supposed to be enemies at first, and they have to fake dating each other, which leads to very forced interactions. However, I can also see how some may feel this way, as the actors talked very monotone for some of the movie. While going through the reviews, I have noticed there are more good reviews than bad, which is something I am happy about. I totally recommend this movie to people of all ages, especially people who are in the mood for a lighthearted movie, who also want a little angst presented as well.