{"id":25504,"date":"2022-10-13T00:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=25504"},"modified":"2022-10-13T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:21:12","slug":"rosaline-feels-weak-and-feeble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=25504","title":{"rendered":"ROSALINE Feels Weak and Feeble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 96 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature film from 20th<\/sup> Century Studios\nwill debut as a Hulu Original on October 14th<\/sup>. It will be available\non Disney+ in some international territories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks back, this reviewer screened a Netflix romantic comedy that was very loosely inspired by Romeo & Juliet<\/em> from William Shakespeare. After a short period of recovery, a new movie is now arriving on Hulu that presents yet another twist on the same classic. Rosaline<\/em> is a rom-com that focuses on the cousin of one of the two doomed lovers and focuses on her attempts to foil their relationship. Admittedly, it will serve as acceptably frothy entertainment for tweens and is a slight improvement over the Netflix effort. But despite the higher production values on display, there\u2019s little else about this film that makes a lasting impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The movie takes an intentionally anachronistic and modern\napproach to the story, with\u202fprotagonist Rosaline Capulet (Kaitlyn Dever)\noutwardly expressing disdain towards potential suitors and attempts by her\nfather (Bradley Whitford) to arrange a marriage. Instead, she secretly spends\nher evenings being wooed in the arms of the affectionate but slightly\ndim-witted Romeo Montague (Kyle Allen). Things change after he declares his\nlove for her and she fails to reciprocate. Rosaline soon discovers that he has\nmoved on and is dating her cousin, Juliet (Isabela Merced). Ignoring the advice\nof her friend Paris (Spencer Stevenson) and nurse (Minnie Driver), the protagonist\nschemes to break the new couple apart. To accomplish her goals, she even asks\nfor assistance from Dario (Sean Teale), a handsome potential suitor whom she\ninitially despises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The production value on display is impressive with plenty of\nelaborate and well-photographed period costumes and sets. It is an attractive\nmovie and a few of the early jokes do work. A scene in which Rosaline witnesses\nRomeo sneaking onto the grounds and picking flowers before suddenly turning and\nscurrying away from her balcony in a completely different direction earns a\nlaugh. The adult guardians, including Rosaline\u2019s father and her nurse, also\nmanage to deliver an amusing line or two (including her dad\u2019s comment after she\nmakes up an excuse for the strange noises emanating from her chambers at\nnight).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the cast can only do so much with the written material.\nUnfortunately, Rosaline isn\u2019t nearly as clever as everyone tells her she is. In\nfact, the lead largely creates all of her own problems and ends up endangering\nthose around her in the process. Her tricks don\u2019t come across as particularly\ndevious or amusing and one wonders why even the slow Romeo and na\u00efve Juliet\nwould be so easily taken. A deeply flawed central character can certainly help\ngenerate and create humor with an obsessive, jealous and ill-advised mission,\nbut the screenplay appears to like the character too much to poke fun at her\npoor decisions and character flaws. Instead, the viewer is forced to wait for\nRosaline to come around and figure out what is plainly obvious from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the finale, in which Rosaline attempts to right the\nwrongs she has committed, bring all of the central and supporting characters\ntogether and pull a trick on many of them falls completely flat. It\u2019s all\nplayed very broadly and, even in a light-hearted teenage rom-com, isn\u2019t\nconvincing, exciting or amusing. In fact, the only positive thing about the\nclimax is that it ties things up abruptly and allows for the credits to roll a\nfew minutes earlier than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The talented cast are all trying their hardest and, as\nmentioned, it is slightly better than another recent title based around the\nsame property. Still, there isn\u2019t much chemistry on display in Rosaline<\/em>\nand it all ends up feeling rote, predictable and ineffective. Even with a lack\nof romantic charm, the final product fails to elicit enough laughs to work as a\nsimple comedy. Young viewers will certainly be more forgiving, but this rom-com\ngenerally limps and arrives at the finish line weak and feeble. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 96 minutes This feature film from 20th Century Studios will debut as a Hulu Original on October 14th. It will be available on Disney+ in some international territories. A few weeks back, this reviewer screened a Netflix romantic comedy that was very loosely inspired by Romeo & Juliet from William Shakespeare. After a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[209,3397,4660,5935,9474,9960,11415,11958,14021,17302,17310,17323,17362,17363,17364,17365,17869,19651],"class_list":["post-25504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-209","tag-bradley-whitford","tag-comedy","tag-disney-2","tag-hulu","tag-isabela-merced","tag-kaitlyn-dever","tag-kyle-allen","tag-minnie-driver","tag-rom-com","tag-romance","tag-romeo-juliet","tag-rosaline","tag-rosaline-film-review","tag-rosaline-movie-review","tag-rosaline-review","tag-sean-teale","tag-teen"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}