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What If

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Ireland, Canada · 2013
Rated PG-13 · 1h 33m
Director Michael Dowse
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships, which makes him decide to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry, an artist who lives with her boyfriend. The two strike up a close friendship. However, the palpable chemistry between them leads Wallace to wonder: what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

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Film.com by David Ehrlich

The F Word would be commendable on the strength of its unusual wit and warmth alone, but it becomes a far more satisfying (even somewhat illuminating) experience because it doesn’t shy away from the often ugly psychology engendered by cross-gendered friendships.

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IndieWire by Eric Kohn

It tries to have some bite to its will-they-or-won't-they scenario but ultimately winds up toothless.

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The Guardian by Henry Barnes

It's pulled this way and that by a hiddly-fiddly soundtrack, spun senseless by scene after scene of Radcliffe and Kazan trading flirtatious banter.

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Variety by Justin Chang

Roughly three parts charming to one part cloying, The F Word attempts and largely succeeds at pulling off a smart, self-aware riff on romantic-comedy conventions while maintaining a core of earnest feeling.

25

New York Post by Kyle Smith

What If is a case of the cutes the way the Black Death was a case of infectious disease. The movie is saturated with cute, teeming with cute, rancid with cute. I’d endured all a man could fairly be expected to take when I glanced at my watch and realized there were still 95 minutes to go.

38

Slant Magazine by Nick McCarthy

Right up to its simplistic ending, the film is pleased to regurgitate the contrived tropes of the genre without ever honestly addressing the ethics of romantic boundaries.

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore

Kazan, as she proved in “Ruby Sparks,” has a whimsical, quirky girl-next-door appeal. Radcliffe, wearing post-Harry Potter stubble and delivering toothy, jaw-jutting grins, makes it easy for us to believe he cannot get her out of his head.

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The Dissolve by Scott Tobias

At a time when the once-dominant romantic comedy is an endangered species, What If proves the formulas can still work, under the right circumstances, and without really needing to tweak the recipe much.

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