What If is charming movie with a very underrated cast. The main guy, Wallace, is played by Daniel Radcliffe, who since his Harry Potter days has made it point of tackling serious roles on stage and screen, and he is fantastic in this movie. He plays a somewhat jaded character, recently dropped out of med school and unable to get over a breakup. At a friend’s party he meets Chantry, played by the adorable Zoe Kazan. If you missed last year’s The Pretty One (and most people did, very small release), you should check that one out too.
The two hit if off immediately, the problem is Chantry has a longtime and serious boyfriend. The movie would make it easy if he was a jerk, or mean spirited, but he is non of these things. He loves his girlfriend, treats her well, and is supportive in all things. She is thus torn between her safety net and this new guy that is more alike to her than anyone. Wallace on the other hand doesn’t want to break up her relationship, knowing that she could resent him for it later, and walks the fine line of being a friend while wanting more.
The movie is full of funny and witty dialogue, and the chemistry between Wallace and Chantry is felt through the screen. My only knock against it is the very ending of the film, which doesn’t fit in well with everything that came before it in the movie, and in my opinion if it had ended 5 minutes earlier it would have been much better. Still, the movie as a whole is well worth a date night.
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