![]() ![]() When Tobin is bullied, JP recognizes their behavior as uncool, and is nothing but respectful of Tobin and Angie’s friendship. He’s just a nice guy who likes meditation. JP LaPierre (Matthew Noszka), the college guy who asks out Angie, is also not a dick at all. Couple of months of therapy and done!” In response, they don’t beat him up or antagonize him further in accordance with the tough-guy trope, but rather they find it funny and all start drinking together. ![]() Do you know how hard that is? Do you? Fear of raccoons? No. So? You know, I used to have a peanut sensitivity, but I beat it. Tobin attempts to intimidate them by claiming, “You don’t know me. This movie balances both giving space for female friendship to shine and for happy romantic endings.Ī prime example of the ways in which the film pokes fun at traditional, stoic masculinity is Tobin’s confrontation with a pair of bullies. This scene also represents a forefronting of female friendships which commonly suffer at the hands of romantic plotlines in the rom-com genre. ![]() ![]() And if somebody doesn’t see that, that’s not your problem because you deserve to be with someone who wants to shout from the rooftops how great you are,” Addie says. “If you and Beyonce were trapped in a house that was on fire and I could only save one of you, I would let Beyonce die. The film has a few features that set it apart within the rom-com genre, namely some standout lines, challenges to traditional masculinity, and a refusal to demonize the “other man” character.įor example, Addie gives Dorrie a pep talk after a day of feeling rejected by the girl she’s interested in. But, over the course of the film, she learns to value the friendships she does have, particularly the one with her best friend Dorrie. Addie spends most of the movie obsessing about a boyfriend who doesn’t seem that interested in her, eventually confronting him dramatically at Waffle Town. On the periphery are characters like Addie (Odeya Rush). Later, we learn that Kerry has yet to come out to her friends or family, which is why she’d been so dismissive of Dorrie. Dorrie makes a series of gestures including bringing over a “quaffle waffle,” a bunch of waffles shaped into the Quidditch ball from Harry Potter, which Kerry covertly smiles at but brushes off in public. The two have a magical, stay up all night talking hookup, but when Kerry later comes into the Waffle Town (for the purposes of the film, pronounced ‘Awful Town’ due to a missing ‘W’ in the sign) with her friends, she pretends not to know Dorrie. It takes the introduction of a college boy interested in Angie to spark the jealousy that leads to their confession of mutual love.Īnd finally, there’s Dorrie (Liv Hewson), the nerdy, Harry Potter-loving waitress, and Kerry (Anna Akana), the popular dancer. Their duo is characterized by clever, playful banter, but also the overarching question of why on earth they aren’t already together. Then, there’s Tobin (Mitchell Hope) and Angie (Kiernan Shipka), the classic “best friends turned more than friends” pairing, the tomboy and the nerd who eventually confess their love for each other. The two meet by chance encounter on a train, and he follows her around for a day, getting a taste of her world and a break from his own. The film stands out with marginally more complex male characters who occasionally challenge rom-com paradigms, but it ultimately fits right into a genre rife with problematic tropes.įirst, we have Stuart Bale (Shameik Moore), a famous pop star, and Julie (Isabela Merced), who is being forced to make a decision between accepting an offer at Columbia and staying home to take care of her sick mother. It’s Christmas Eve, and by the end of the night, three different couples will come together in love stories tied up with neat, holiday bows. “Snow can change the way you look at the world, or hide the things that are right in front of you,” Cusack intones to set the scene. The feel-good film is set in the fictional town of Laurel, Illinois, and opens with cheesy narration about the power of snow, ironically delivered by Joan Cusack. The movie version came out on Netflix on November 8th, over a month before Christmas, but I am okay with that. It’s a basic, cute, rom-com Christmas movie based on a book composed of three short stories by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. Let it Snow (2019) is the perfect movie to watch on a cozy Friday night after a long, stressful week-or a cozy, drunken Tuesday night after a long, stressful beginning of a week (like I may or may not have done). ![]()
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