Connie Britton, Sofia Carson, Kyle Allen and Adam Brooks star in ‘My desire list’, about the loss of a loved one
We know that Netflix is the entertainment queen without ambitions. Those films that do not ask for anything and that they do not ask for anything are their hallmark and what many times can get a smile on a bad Sunday afternoon.
Its global top 10 is composed of very different titles, but one of them is My desire lista film that fits perfectly in the description we made of simple tape and results. Premiered on March 28 and has remained in the most watched of the platform since then. 5 consecutive weeks and third position in the classification They show that he is liking the public.
The film focuses on Rose, a young woman who has lost her mother, Alex, and misses her.. What he does not know is that before he died he left several tapes prepared, but if he wants to get each of them he has to do something: fulfill the desire list he wrote when he was 13 years old. The family lawyer is in charge of giving him the recordings for each thing he performs, thus Rose points to an open microphone night in a comedy club, he classes in a women’s refuge or a tattoo is made.
What he did not tell is that, little by little, he will discover family secrets and, most importantly, he discovers herself.
Written and directed by Adam Brooks (Perhaps perhaps) and produced by Liza Chasin (Stillwater), The film is based on the homonymous book by Lori Nelson Spielman. Although the premise of any desktop film may seem, for the director it is a very personal theme. “In a way, it was good for me and for the movie: since I wrote [el borrador del guion], I saw my children go through their own difficulties at twenty years and lost my younger brother. The movie’s songs had deepened me, “he says in Tudum.
As usually happens in these cases, the public has given an acceptable note -a 70% currently in Rotten Tomatoes-, while criticism has suspended it -with 45% on the same valuation platform. The reason? It is still a predictable script that pulls too much of emotions.
“Being honest, the film does not contribute anything new to the genre. The plot is simple and, at times, gives the sensation that the screenwriters did not strive much to add depth or originality. The plot arches of the characters follow a predictable trajectory, which facilitates to guess what will happen later. However, What a The desire list He lacks creativity compensates with moving moments“A user says in his Google review, giving voice to what many spectators think.
It is not worthy of the Oscar or from the history of cinema but it is enough for many Netflix subscribers that what they are looking for is a beautiful romantic comedy with something background and a lot of ‘Feel Good’.
