Finding Emily review: a scrappy, culture-clash romcom set on a university campus
By
Graeme Virtue
20h ago· 3 min readenReview
80/100
Golden Brown
Bagelometer↗
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Score80TypereviewSentimentpositive
Summary
Finding Emily is a scrappy, chaotic romcom that follows a working-class British man (Owen) dealing with grief and a band breakup who has a missed-connection encounter with an American academic (Emily). When his quest to find her goes viral on campus, it creates complications as Emily struggles to maintain professional distance. The film evokes the culture-clash dynamic of Notting Hill but in a lower-status, university setting.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledPairing a worldly American and a bumbling Brit evokes the culture-clash of Notting Hill but Finding Emily takes place in a notably less high-status milieu.
The working-class Owen is dealing with a recent family bereavement and the breakup of his indie band.
For all her hard-charging academic drive, Emily has had some romantic missteps of her own and is struggling to maintain a professional distance from her puppyish subject.
When Owen's missed-connection quest goes viral it triggers ructions across the campus.
Finding Emily is a scrappy and chaotic take on a romcom cliche – a fleeting encounter with an alluring girl who could be The One.
Finding Emily is a scrappy and chaotic take on a romcom cliche – a fleeting encounter with an alluring girl who could be The One.
