‘The List’ — Or How Another Meet-Cute Is One Too Many!
I think I’ve grown out of RomComs
I’m a sucker for RomComs, so when I stumbled upon the movie The List, co-written by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo and directed by Melissa Miller Costanzo, I felt relieved to know that my eight-hour-long flight would feel shorter…
However, I was yawning after just twenty minutes; I could predict every upcoming scene. Eventually, my yawning would turn into frustration.
After spending three years debunking the Prince Charming myth I grew up with, I realized there weren’t any alternatives to those cheesy meet-cutes for real romances that could stand the test of time, or at least the first six months of a relationship.
How was I thus supposed to deal with adulthood?
The premise of The List is pretty simple: Abby (Halston Sage) finds herself cheated upon by her fiancé Matt (Jonah Platt) when he has sex with a celebrity from his ‘free pass’ list. To get past the betrayal and go forward with the wedding, Abby sets herself on a quest to have sex with one of the five celebrities on her ‘free pass’ list.
The movie is light-hearted, funny at times, includes some sexy actors, ends with a kiss, and boasts an impressive 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In short, it ticks all the boxes of…
