Anyone But You Review Roundup

The director behind Easy A and Friends with Benefits has tried to revive the rom-com with his latest film, Anyone But You.

Will Gluck directs Glenn Powell and Sydney Sweeney in this story about Bea and Ben, whose fiery attraction turns ice cold after an amazing first date. They then find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia, where they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

The fans weren't feeling the first teaser, but the film managed to claw interest back after positive first reactions and a 65% debut on Rotten Tomatoes.

Since then, Anyone But You has slipped to 50%, but Sweeney and Powell seem to be pulling audiences in regardless.

Here are the first reactions to the Enemies to Lovers rom-com:

• GQ: Sweeney and Powell are delightful as well as smokin' in this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, one of the most charming big screen rom-coms in years.

• RogerEbert.com: Has the charm, wit, swoony romance, and, most importantly, star chemistry that has been solely missing from recent lackluster entries in the genre.

• indieWire: Anyone But You refuses to lie to us — or — itself about what it wants to be, and that will be enough to convince a lot of the people who see it not to lie to themselves about the fact that we still want movies to be like this too.

• Deadline Hollywood Daily: Without the charm and wit of actors like Dermont Mulroney and GaTa, Sweeny and Powell's performances would fail to carry the film's comedic timing.

• Vox: The movie is bad, but the chemistry: It's good.