Solène Marchand owns an art gallery and has a teen daughter Izzy, who once used to be a fan of boy band August Moon. When her ex husband has to bail out from taking Izzy and her friends to a Coachella, Solène steps in and that gets her to meet Hayes Campbell, member of the boy band. They hit it off despite the age difference and how much does this relationship impact Solène and her life, once their relationship becomes public, would the usual on and off thing actually work for the couple, forms rest of the story.
I did buy into the premise, the chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, although not entirely perfect, still made their pairing work on screen. The music helped too but the writing at times was just on the surface level, underplaying the tension during crucial dramatic moments. To the film's advantage, it doesn't happen throughout as there moments with Solène's fear in continuing the relationship, that did get pulled off well. The third act specifically almost worked until that all too filmy climax, written solely to get an happy ending. Despite the blemishes, it was still a decent one time watch.
I did buy into the premise, the chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, although not entirely perfect, still made their pairing work on screen. The music helped too but the writing at times was just on the surface level, underplaying the tension during crucial dramatic moments. To the film's advantage, it doesn't happen throughout as there moments with Solène's fear in continuing the relationship, that did get pulled off well. The third act specifically almost worked until that all too filmy climax, written solely to get an happy ending. Despite the blemishes, it was still a decent one time watch.