A group of college friends reunites for the wedding of their best friends, Lila (Anna Paquin) and Tom (Josh Duhamel). It should be a great time for all, except for one small problem: The maid-of-honor, Laura (Katie Holmes), is the groom's ex and still has feelings for him. Soon, an unspoken rivalry between Lila and Laura comes to the surface as Tom tries to figure out if he's marrying the right woman. This quiet, introspective story has all the makings of a likable indie film: the happy reunion of a group of old friends, a complicated romance, and an impressive pedigree of talented young actors. However, these characters are some of the most gratingly unlikable people I have ever seen on film. Content with interchanging their partners and wallowing in how little they each made of their lives, these adults in their early 30s come off as spoiled brats who are much too old to be acting out in such an unattractive manner. This movie comes off as an overindulgent piece of navel-gazing that may have made a decent short thesis for film school, but fails as a full-length feature - not to mention an abrupt finale that seems to be left open-ended more out of sheer laziness than a desire to let the audience decide for themselves how the story ends. If you like watching beautiful, privileged people who are emotionally immature and like to whine about how confused they are about life, then you'll probably enjoy "The Romantics". Personally, I found nothing even remotely romantic or redeeming about this movie.
1 out of 5 stars
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