TheLovebirds is the sort of romcom that lives or dies by its stars—thank god they got Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae. Read Peter Travers’ review
The credits open with a flashback to their first date, when Jibran flashes his “I Wanna Kiss You Face” and Leilani laughs at him. Then, bam, there’s a jump cut to four years later when the lovebirds are fighting like hell. The surface issue is about: Leilani thinks they could enter and win; Jibran hates reality shows. Leilani counters that “documentaries are just reality shows that nobody watches.
That’s when a cyclist rams right into their windshield and a dude with a mustache claiming to be a cop jumps in their car and runs down Bicycle Man before running away and leaving the lovebirds to take the heat for his murder. Can Jibran and Leilani clear their names? More crucially, can Showalter and his dynamite duo deliver a knockabout farce that still allows for authentic emotion?
You better believe it. No matter that the script lines up a series of improbable, near-death experiences, involving the killer they know only as Mustache , blackmailing fratboys, a pissed off Senator’s wife , and a masked sex cult out ofThere’s also a duet to Katy Perry’s “Firework” that has nothing to do with anything except add to the partytime atmosphere.
Trivial nonsense? Maybe. But credit cinematographer Brian Burgoyne’s detours around the non-touristy sectors of the Big Easy, and Showalter for packing in sharp comic details. Take the casual prejudice suffered by his black and brown protagonists. A white cop in a NOLA squad car slows down to give them the side-eye. Jibran is relieved that he’s just a “normal racist” and not ready to shoot. It’s those scrappy touches that raise the bar on this rowdy rom-com.
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