Lili Reinhart's heartfelt lead performance in LookBothWays isn't enough to save it from being another dull and forgettable Netflix original.
It’s difficult these days to think that there used to be a time, very recently in fact, when it felt like Netflix was going to save the kind of midbudget rom-coms that Hollywood’s current, franchise-obsessed era has otherwise erased.
Look Both Ways follows Natalie , an ambitious college student who engages in a one-night stand with Gabe , a drummer and longtime friend, near the end of her senior year. Later, Natalie finds herself taking a pregnancy test after getting sick and throwing up in her bathroom on graduation night. As she waits to find out the test’s result, however, Natalie’s life suddenly splits in two, spawning one version of her life where she got pregnant from her hookup with Gabe and one where she didn’t.
For her part, Reinhart does a commendable job in Look Both Ways. She brings a warmth and earnestness to the film that it desperately needs, and her work throughout it makes a compelling case for her to be cast as the lead in a rom-com that’s got a bit more heart, wit, and energy.
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