Lindsay Lohan is back in her second venture with Netflix. In Irish Wish, she stars as Maddie, a book editor who has been in love with her boss Paul (Alexander Vlahos) ever since they started working together. When Paul gets engaged to her best friend Emma (Elizabeth Tan), Maddie puts her feelings aside and travels to Ireland for the wedding. Before the big day, she makes a wish for true love and wakes up as the bride to be. But just because all of her dreams are starting to come true doesn’t mean they won’t come at a price.
Words cannot describe how happy I am to have Lohan back on the scene. Her comeback holiday hit Falling For Christmas proved that she never should have left in the first place and I have since been excited to see what she would do next. With her natural charm and comedic chops, Lohan effortlessly carries this film on her back.
Being torn between two men is no easy feat, but it is the chemistry between Lohan’s Maddie and Ed Speleers as nature photographer James that wins. From the very first moment they meet to the moments they spend together in the alternate reality, it is clear that our heroine is meant to be with him instead of Paul. Vlahos did a great job in making the audience dislike his character. In fact, the rest of the casting was pretty spot on as well with Ayesha Curry as Maddie’s other bestie Heather, Matty McCabe as Paul’s brother Kory and Jane Seymour as Maddie’s mom Rosemary.
Another selling point of the film was its Irish backdrop. The cliffside landscapes and magical wishing garden mixed with the quaint town and the beautiful Kennedy estate all elevated the magical element of the story. I’ve been to Ireland before, but now I want to go back and explore even more of it.
Lindsay Lohan is what makes Irish Wish work so well. If she wasn’t in it, I probably wouldn’t have checked it out. We’ve seen various takes on the same story before and some of the dialogue cringey and uneven. But it was still cute and a perfect way to pass time after a long and tiring week and that’s all that matters.
Rating: ♥️♥️.5
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