From You at home to Somebody I Used To Know: romantic comedy in all its forms on the platforms

Flagship genre of the 1990s and 2000s (From Love

to

via

), the romantic comedy fell into disuse in the following decade.

Not noble enough, too popular.

Until the demand for softness born of the Covid and confinement.

In the cinema,

which brought together Julia Roberts and George Clooney, filled the rooms.

This manna cannot be ignored by the platforms, which are already at the head of an inexhaustible stock of Christmas TV movies.

For this Valentine's Day, Netflix unveils

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Amazon Prime

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Opposite variations of the return of love.

Worn by romcom heavyweights, Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher,

surfs on the charm of its performers and their slaughter capacity.

One-night lovers, Debbie and Peter preferred to forge a solid friendship than to pursue the carnal path.

Twenty years later, their aspirations have changed a lot.

The Californian blonde is an accountant and a single mother.

Him, a consultant, phobic of commitment, went into exile in New York to flee the earthquakes.

When Debbie needs a base for training, Peter gives her his apartment and goes to babysit in Hollywood.

Penetrating into the intimacy of the other, they will discover through this exchange of apartments hidden facets and confront their regrets.

Everything is predictable in this feature film formatted with sets and sitcom gags, despite the irruption of an ex and a rival suitor.

The spark found

On the same theme, actress Alison Brie (Glow) and her husband, actor Dave Franco (The Afterparty), who is now directing, deliver with

a score that is more humble but sparkles a thousand times more.

Reality TV producer in Los Angeles, Ally (Alison Brie) leaves to recharge her batteries in her hometown in the depths of Washington State.

One night at the bar, she reunites with her high school sweetheart, Sean.

The former lovebirds spend a night exchanging cocktails and confidences.

Ally is sure of it: it's a sign that she must win Sean back… Except that the latter is about to marry Cassidy, a musician so fulfilled that Ally finds herself incapable of hating her.

What to do ?

Knowing by heart the classics of Julia Roberts that she mischievously quotes in her film, Alison Brie does not plagiarize

Through an Ally, she preaches self-esteem, reunion with her inner self and the possibility of rediscovering the spark that makes you want to crunch life to the fullest.

“I

, says Alison Brie.

When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle:

No question of playing on the spring of the stuffing.

Beyond its authenticity,

surprises with an honest and lucid ending to the end

A fable for today's independent women and beyond.