by This romantic comedy was an unexpected success at the box office and transformed its actors into leading stars. It is currently to be discovered on Amazon Prime Video.
Sydney Sweeney is one of the new actresses to follow. Revealed by Euphoria, the American actress succeeded in 2023 a little feat: that of making a romantic comedy on the big screen triumph. And you will see that it is for many in this success.
220 million at the box office!
With a budget of $ 25 million, everything except you was a box on American soil, collecting $ 88 million and 220 million in total worldwide. For a romantic comedy, more and more confined to a direct broadcast on platform, it's a feat! But how did the film managed to get out of the game?
First, everything except you is based on an adaptation of Much ado for nothing From Shakespeare, a play that has proven itself and which is widely changed here in order to be modernized. The scenario seduces Sweeney which takes care of everything : She chooses who will give him the reply, the director Will Gluck (Easy A, Sex with friends) and offers the film to Sony, who decides to finance it and release it.
Why this “Romcom” worked
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Then, as Sydney Sweeney passed, as an actress, in the series The White Lotus, she learned from it that as long as to present characters on vacation, it was necessary to put the full view. Result: the image is very beautiful and makes you want to visit a sunny country: bet won!
In addition, a romantic comedy must be based on a strong couple. Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney are both funny and magnificent, recreating a glamor duo of cinema as we had not seen for a long time. The scenario is sometimes heavy and pretext, but their alchemy saves more than one scene.
Finally, Sydney Sweeney will bomb the Sony team Ideas in order to create viral marketing around the film, whether it be taken up on the networks and that word of mouth operates. Again a bet won. When you are told that she thought of everything!
We also meet Alexandra Shipp (X-Men, Barbie), Dermot Mulroney (The marriage of my best friend, Chicago Fire), Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) who are all perfectly comfortable in this comedy that is worth a look. Currently on Video Prime.
