Top End Wedding first-look review – fresh air filtered through romcom formula

Miranda Tapsell’s performance is spot on and Wayne Blair’s direction assured in a film that’s the cinematic equivalent of comfort food

In a world of war and countless crises, a global moratorium on airport scenes in romantic comedies might not be first on the list of emergencies humankind must address. Yet this awful trope, crammed into a horrific number of films, has terrorised us for too long. Something must be done.

The Australian director Jeffrey Walker had the gall to begin and end his 2017 romcom Ali’s Wedding with a lovestruck protagonist “racing” to the airport on a tractor.

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