I Want You Back: Movie Review
I Want You Back: Movie Review Cast: Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood Director: Jason Orley You can tell exactly what's going to happen in I Want You Back, a romantic comedy that seems to follow all the conventions and the tropes of the genre when two dumped partners meet and decide to foil the plans of their exes' new relationships. But yet, while I Want You Back's genial mix of gentle comedy and grounded reality comes courtesy of Jenny Slate's likeable performance and Charlie Day's chipmunk style nasal delivery, the film's not quite adept enough at deciding which flag it wants to pin its colours to - with not quite enough edge to cut through a crowded genre. Slate and Day play Emma and Peter respectively, two people dumped and who meet in their shared company stairwell, before pledging to become "sadness sisters" together. One drunken karaoke night later, the duo has hatched a scheme to destroy their respective other halves...