Unmatchable? Here’s a rom com that many young singles can relate to about a frustrated computer nerd who declares war on an online dating service after she’s totally rejected. The premise is catchy although thin at first. Texas Director Marian Yeagar brings in too many characters, and eventually how they are involved, then develops the plot leading to a cute resolution.
Kip Parsons (Georgina Reilly) is a smart internet coder, lead of a team of 3 guys.They are friends who adore her while trying to give advice about work and her love life, or lack thereof. Reilly is a seasoned actress originally from Canada. She carries this low budget film which was put together in 3 weeks by Marian Yeager and written by Betsy Morris. There are a some extraneous lines and cutaways of buildings used for transition which break the flow, but the film gets better as the latter half of the story unfolds.
Kip’s personal blog, which normally received minuscule attention, goes viral after she reveals that iPromise, the dating service that guarantees a match for everybody, roundly rejects her. Kip becomes a very reluctant symbol and hero for countless frustrated singles, like her, who are having trouble finding love on line.
Single, good-looking tech genius Riley Detamore (Wilson Bethel) who created IPromise freaks out at the huge negative media attention because of this one client. Riley thought his platform could just ride it out. Bethel plays very understated, and you already know what’s coming. But Riley’s team at iPromise, which is mostly a family affair, decide to fight with a plan that, of course, goes awry. It accidentally leads to a chance meeting of his unmatchable client without letting on who he is. It goes crazy from there.
Kip’s best friends are her hermit crab and a man in a catatonic state who sits in a lawn chair outside a store who’s the perfect listener. Also good listeners are her team at work, Meta, Sanjay and LB (Brian George, Kanwar Singh, Brad Ofoegbu) respectively who have great disdain for her obnoxious bully of a boss, Marco (Charlie Clark).
Riley’s family fiercely defends his business and rush to attack Kip. They are quite a crew led by Mom Ivy (Jennifer Griffin) along with her husband, Riley’s brother and his partner. Then there’s this sleazy influencer, Annie Lee, (Veronica Wylie), who represents everything that’s bad about social media. Her goal is to book Kip on her live stream program to get mega clicks.
Chaos ensues, ending up before a wacky and endearing judge (Ted Wilks). There are some good comedic moments, but this is a big cast, each with their own thread to weave into the script.
Reilly and Bethel exhibit chemistry for comedy through character miscommunication, much like those 1940’s rom coms. Slow to start, it’s a cute premise brought current using high speed internet and a series of clicks.
Vertical 1 hour 44 minutes.
In select theaters August 11 and VOD
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