KaleyCuoco – Credits Rolling

Emma (Kaley Cuoco) seems to have the perfect life: a doting husband Dave (David Oyelowo), a big house in the suburbs and two adorable children. But Emma has a secret – she’s an assassin for hire and has been trying to get out of the game for years! When Emma and Dave decide they want to spice up their marriage, Emma’s past comes to light as she’s recognized and exposed.

These types of films start off promisingly enough and I don’t know why I’m still taken aback when they all turn out the same way. It’s like you can almost tell exactly how the plot is going to play out, especially if they hit a streaming service.It’s a pity really, but it’s something I think that we have all gotten used to by now.

I swear I just watched a film that had this exact same storyline (The Family Plan). Having a female assassin for a change was refreshing and Cuoco did a fine enough job as our lead. I thought it was pretty impressive that she filmed everything while pregnant and nobody knew about it! But that’s about where the enjoyment ended.

The jokes didn’t land. They were all things I’ve heard before. The incorporation of Dave in Emma’s double life started off on a promising note that soon faded too. I found Connie Nielson’s Gwen annoying and not very threatening for a villain; I would have much rather had more screen time with Bill Nighy!

Overall, Role Play was another run of the mill action flick with no substance. It was fine to have it on in the background on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but if I’m being honest I’ve already forgotten a lot of what happened.

Rating: ♥️♥️

If you could go back and change one thing about your life, would you?

When Sheila (Kaley Cuoco) walks into a bar one night and meets Gary (Pete Davidson), she is instantly smitten with him. He’s everything she’s ever wanted in a partner and after spending a magical time together exploring the streets of New York City, she doesn’t want to let him go. So she doesn’t. Because Sheila has been going back in time, twenty four hours to be exact, for who awhile now. Having found a time machine in the back of a nail salon, Sheila believes that if she uses it, she can fix the imperfections about Gary while also dealing with her own.

The premise of Meet Cute is an interesting one. The Groundhog Day trope is not new, but it is one that has always fascinated me. I was excited to see how Sheila and Gary would develop their relationship over the span of seemingly one night and, mainly, the reasoning behind it all. Unfortunately the execution did not turn out as well as I had anticipated.

As the film goes on, the audience learns more about Sheila, but not as much about Gary. We understand that she has been using the time machine at first for one night, then one week later and then three months etc. The layers are peeled back and there is more than meets the eye here. Sheila has a dark past that she doesn’t want to deal with anymore, but instead of wanting to fix it, she digs herself deeper.

There is no change to the various dates that Sheila goes on with Gary. The conversation remains the same and they do more or less the same types of activities too. What started off as cute and endearing quickly turns boring. I kept wondering when that light would go on in her head that made her realize she had more to live for.

I appreciated the strong moral of the story being that while we all have emotional baggage, that is what makes us us and if we try to change it, we change who we are as individuals. With such a profound sentiment, you’d think it would be at the forefront. Because it wasn’t, it didn’t come together well enough.

Meet Cute isn’t a bad movie by any means. I just feel like it was trying to be two different things and it never really came together.

Rating: ♥♥.5