Remember the date movie? The perky, brightly lit, undemandingly entertaining romantic comedy – once churned out by studios as optimum unisex viewing to ease an evening’s flirtation between two people still unsure of each other’s tastes? It was always a needlessly specific term – a horror film can be an effective prelude to a kiss, as can an austere arthouse experiment – but it’s one the industry once vigorously traded in, making box-office queens of Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts at its zenith.
If you’re struggling to think of a 2018 Meg Ryan equivalent, that’s because Hollywood has rather lost heart in the date movie, along with most other forms of character-driven mainstream storytelling: amorous cinemagoers can make out against the crashing spectacle of superhero adventures instead, while frothy exceptions like Jon M Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians are hailed as special events.
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