"Love Again" - Review

Mira (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) is the artist of children's picture books, falls into a pit of despair when her boyfriend John dies. Two years on, and she still hasn't been able to move on, so her sister Suzy (Sofia Barclay) helps her move to New York... In the Big Apple lies Rob Burns (Sam Heughan), a journalist moping after his fiancee left him, which he hasn't recovered from. With Mira's book deadline approaching, and Rob being asked to pull himself together in order to work on a story about Celine Dion, both seem to be trudging through life, until their paths cross when Rob gets a new work phone...

The script is weaker than tissue paper, the entire plot hinging around Celine Dion (who produces and co-stars) aims for whacky celebrity cameo energy ala "Long Shot" or "This Is 40" but instead feels utterly surreal and a future answer on "Pointless"; and its leads have the chemistry of a man collecting his porn-riddled hard drive from a computer retrieval specialist. Nick Jonas has a funny cameo. But as bad as it is (and it is bad) it's not worth hating. It's just a film, utterly harmless, with the always excellent Russell Tovey and Omid Djallili in supporting parts (both putting on American accents, which is WEIRD), which flutters by. It's not the next "so bad it's good", it's not worth vitriol or hatred. It could do with "Hallmark Movie" energy to prop it up, but you know, who is gunning for this movie?
The ending credits are adorable, however, featuring the cast singing "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" in lockdown. Sam Heughan sings in a kilt on the Highlands, kudos my guy.