It would be neat and tidy to sum this up as a Richard Curtis film set in Peckham and Brixton, Notting Hill with a young black cast, and it is indeed a breezy rom-com. But a far better point of reference is Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, with two very recently-dumped people meeting at an art exhibition and bonding quickly and deeply over the next few days. Thereafter, any discord is sure to be no obstacle to a happy end, but there's nothing cloying about this certainty. The two protagonists are highly engaging and the tone skips assuredly between pragmatic and riotously funny all the way through. The director and lead actors are definitely worth keeping an eye on.
7/10
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