Wednesday, May 01, 2024
The Idea of You
Age is just a number. Love is intoxicating. Love hurts. People can be cruel.
Solène Marchand (Anne Hathaway) is a 40-year-old single mom with a 16-year-old daughter Izzy & has been divorced from her husband Daniel for 3 years. Izzy loves the boy band August Moon so Daniel manages to get Backstage VIP passes for her to see her band play at Coachella. However, at the last minute, Daniel must leave on a business trip so Solène ends up chaperoning the trip. There, Solène accidentally & awkwardly meets 24-year-old lead singer Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine) & thus begins a budding romance that neither can resist. They try to hide their romance but eventually the paparazzi exposes their secret & this has a disastrous effect on the couple & those close to them. This romantic comedy is an emotional rollercoaster. Solène & Hayes are a cute & charming couple together that you will want to root for. It is heartbreaking to watch their world collapse around them. Hathaway & Galitzine give amazing performances. Will this have a fairy tale ending or is their breakup inevitable?
Alien gives it 3½ “The Watch” stars out of 4.
