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Rye Lane (2023)

Fresh, funny, and lovely, Rye Lane breathes new air into a familiar but beloved romcom formula

Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.5

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United Kingdom, United States of America
English
Easy, Feel-Good, Grown-up Comedy
2023
Female director, Raine Allen-Miller
Alice Hewkin, Colin Firth, Delroy Brown
82 min

Synopsis

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Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

Our Take

7.5
The Staff

Rye Lane knows it’s treading familiar ground by having its charming leads fall in love as they walk and talk their way through a beautiful city. So instead of experimenting on a tried-and-tested setup, it smartly focuses on specificity. It hones in on the characters’ Gen Z woes and cranks up the British references, giving itself character and charm for days. It also finds other ways to be inventive as it trades plot twists for bold editing and camerawork. Rye Lane is a refreshing entry into romcom cinema, but it is also obviously a big fan of it as it holds plenty of homages and subversions of the genre. This one is made for and by romcom fans, and it’s always nice to see a modern love story set during our times.

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