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Smarts movies6/22/2023 ![]() These two feel an instant connection, and they think they’re really getting know each other, until - as the night keeps going - they learn neither of them is telling the whole truth.Īllen-Miller is working in the mode of films like “Before Sunset” and “Medicine for Melancholy,” where two people walk, talk and present somewhat heightened versions of themselves, hoping to impress someone they don’t want to lose. When Dom finds out Yas is also getting over an ex, she takes her turn, telling her own story. As they roam through South London, he tells his story, which Allen-Miller illustrates imaginatively, via flashbacks that look more like little stage plays. Yas (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (David Jonsson) have the opposite of a meet-cute, running into each other in a museum’s unisex bathroom, where he’s crying over a recent breakup and she’s, well, using the bathroom. They also jump back to the couple’s past relationships to show how those emotionally charged moments keep lingering - even after the good times turn bad. First-time feature director Raine Allen-Miller and screenwriters Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia don’t just take the audience inside one eventful first date. That’s one of the many things that the romantic comedy “Rye Lane” gets exactly right. Whether it’s sunny or rainy, whether they’re in a beautiful garden or the corner grocery, whether they’re sharing a fancy dinner or takeaway tacos, every moment becomes a potential memory. For two people falling in love, everything feels magical.
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