Bringing together a cast designed to target a wide, generationally-appropriate viewers, Galt Niederhoffer's The Romantics is hitting theaters soon, and the semi-pseudo-indie film looks as though it may deliver. The story is that of a group of friends reconnecting for the marriage of two of the members, and the uneasiness discovered when squaring off with the past. Not only are there hints of discord between bride-to-be Lila and ex-girlfriend Laura, but this group has a past that is tangled every which way.
With a simple setting and a tone and arc that are driven by conversations, the film plays up its lack of flash in something like an "indie by design" effort.
It looks pretty good actually, if the story comes together, but like all such ensemble struggles, the test is going to be how well the supporting cast delivers.
Let me know what you think.
The Romantics stars Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Elijah Wood, Malin Akerman, Adam Brody, Jeremy Strong, Rebecca Lawrence, Dianna Agron and Candice Bergen
Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all members of a tight, eclectic college clique, reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura (Katie Holmes) is maid of honor to Lila (Anna Paquin), her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over the groom, Tom (Josh Duhamel). Friendships and alliances are tested and the love triangle comes to a head the night before the wedding, when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and return to shore... without the groom. Based on the heralded novel by producer, novelist, director Galt Niederhoffer, THE ROMANTICS is a Zeitgeist love story and generational comedy that breathes new life into the genre and recaptures the camaraderie of youth.
THE ROMANTICS opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 10th, and will expand throughout September.
Check out the trailer below.
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