For a supposedly dead genre, traditional rom-coms haven’t gone anywhere and are still quite popular. You just have to make sure to have the right leads, and in the case of Anyone But You, it’s tough to argue with the pairing of Euphoria breakout Sydney Sweeney and Top Gun: Maverick‘s Glen Powell.
The premise is a familiar one, as the duo plays an especially toxic pair of old college classmates who fake being in a relationship so as to deal with their exes while attending a friend’s wedding in Australia. We’ve seen this exact plot done many times before, drawing inspiration from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Steering this ship is Will Gluck, a filmmaker who launched his career by catapulting Emma Stone to stardom with Easy A. He also directed Annie, Friends with Benefits, and both Peter Rabbit movies. Basically, every comedy he touches is gold at the box office. The results don’t lie.
Also in the cast are Alexandra Shipp, Bryan Brown, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, and Dermot Mulroney. Darren Barnet and Rachel Griffiths.
Anyone But You opens in theaters on December 15th.