![]() Oliver’s parallel storyline is slightly more poignant as we learn the family reason he’s returned to London, but it’s not quite enough.ĭirector Vanessa Caswill, working from a script by Katie Lovejoy, stages some affecting scenes, including one where Hadley and her dad have a much-needed emotional reckoning. She intones faux-wise lines like, “You see, fate can only be fate if we decide want it to be” as she looks meaningfully into the camera. The whole endeavor is oddly narrated by Jameela Jamil, playing a series of characters who interact with our couple along the way. The flight is the last we get of Hadley and Oliver together for a while, although she, of course, decides to set out across London to find him. Oliver gets picked up by his brother and Hadley hops in a taxi to see her dad (Rob Delaney, doing his best with what he’s given) embark on his second marriage. ![]() Of course, as this is a rom-com, the pair is separated going through immigration (a plot point that doesn’t work in 2023 as both Brits and Americans now go through the same automated passport gates when entering the U.K.). They find themselves seated together on the flight and immediately connect. Oliver is the equally-cliched cute British guy she meets in the airport. Hadley is the cliched quirky American on her way to London for her dad’s wedding. Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips, Dexter Fletcher Smith’s 2011 novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, a lack of ongoing connection between Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) and Oliver (Ben Hardy) leaves the film feel ultimately unsatisfying. The charm of the genre is seeing two potentially unlikely love interests bounce off each other, leading the audience to the all-important question of: will they or won’t they? In Love at First Sight, based on Jennifer E. Sleepless in Seattle may, in fact, be the only rom-com where that really works. There are very few romantic comedies where it’s compelling to watch your two leads go through the story without much interaction. Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy in Love at First Sight.
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