What If
What If
PG-13 | 08 August 2014 (USA)
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Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to be finding the perfect partner, Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry, an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

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dallaswhiskey

Many romance movies are essentially about infidelity. The girlfriends, boyfriends and spouses are just sort of extras in the way of the love story. This always makes the story less romantic to me. At least this movie doesn't deny it, since the issue of cheating is actually talked about throughout the movie. Wallace has a friend Allan whose current relationship started with cheating, and neither Allan or his girlfriend Nicole seem to see anything wrong with that, quite the contrary.The writing is good and there are some genuinely funny moments with Wallace and Chantry joking with one another. I also like the scene where Chantry's bitchy-but-not-completely-evil sister is about to tell her a vicious lie about Wallace but then apparently changes her mind mid-sentence and ends up turning the story into a joke, saying something like "and then the cops came and Wallace shot them all in the head, he's such a jerk".I don't get the comparisons to "When Harry met Sally". Wallace has a crush on Chantry from the first time they meet, and it's hardly one-sided either, so theirs is never a real friendship like that of Harry and Sally. This movie is also nowhere near as sweet, most of the characters don't come out very likable at all, and it's just not as good either.

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drklbyu

I had always felt that Daniel Radcliffe was rather stiff in the Harry Potter movies and thus was skeptical about his ability to charm in a romantic comedy.However he and his co-star are charming right from the outset and have a refreshing dynamic reminiscent of 500 days of summer. The ending is clichéd and in line with most other ROM-coms. Had they not ended up together the movie would have been better and more interesting.So as a result "What if" is an excellent date night video and not much more.

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markjcameron

Juvenile humour between vulgar and plain pathetic-lacks depth of any kind-characters are complete nerds and exaggerated Awful plot-Female character is a complete drip-Her boyfriend is worse-Story of people being pathetic-Whole cast of weirdos-boring-can't find anything remotely positive about the movie other than being able to laugh at the fact that the same guy who ruined Star Wars is in it. This is a good film for him actually as the entire cast are a bad match for Daniel. He should stay clear of these naff cheap movies with terrible casts and focus on some better roles. It's such a shame he's taking roles like this...hope he at least got paid well and learnt to leave this type of genre alone. Absolute utter drivel!

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karthiksudhakaran-1987

The plot revolves around the same old Rom comedy about Wallace ( Daniel Radcliffe) and chantry ( Zoe Kazan ) whose has a boyfriend already met the hero and try to be friends and atlast how they got in love is all about story. Since it is a simple old fashioned story there is nothing I have to recommend to watch it. I watched this type of movies many but they some good moments but this movie I don't think so Positive - nothing except Daniel Radcliffe Negative - a) The way they the story goes draggingb) The camera works is also not colourful c) the casting Final verdict: If u nothing except so much u can watch it once

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