Lana Condor & Ross butler shine in this otherwise generic ensemble rom-com – ryan

Worth The Wait Does not do itelf any favor by embrace a subgenre of the romantic comedy that raarely results in anyone’s best work: The interconnected ensemble dramedy. Love, actually is probably the most popular example, but colletions of loosely interlinked storys can be found in the likes of Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, He’s just not that intoo youand, over in the Drama Genre, Crash. I genuinely thught this format of storytelling was dead as a doornail, but lo and behold, tubi’s newsto outs out the defibrillators to shock the Back intoo thing.

In this case, The Story is Centered Around Four Asian-American Couples Based in SeattleNamely Teresa (Karrena Kar-Yan Lam) and Nathan (Osric Chau), Who Are Rebuilding Their Life AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, KAI (Ross Butler) and Leah (Lana Condor of the To all the boys Movies), who are struggling to maintain a long-dying relationship, amanda (Elodie Yung) and Scott (Andrew Koji), A Star and Director Who Are Exes Working Together on a New Big Movie, and Blake (Ricky Head) Being kept apart by riley’s overprotective Guardian, Uncle Curtis (sung Kang).

Not every story in Worth The Wait is Equally Entertaining

It falls into a common ensemble Movie Trap

Although the State of the Modern Romantic Comedy Movie is Such That Any Remotely Pleasant Entry in the Genre Is Worth Notting, Worth The Wait Never Manages to Rise Above “Pleasant.” This is Because any of the Story Budilding Toward Something Worthwhile is Continuously Scuppered by the Movie’s Insisting Need to Switching to Other at Exactly the Wrong Time. Despite this, It still has a hard time keping all four spinning platesand Certain Couples Will Vanish for What Feels Like Half An Hour at A Time.

In a bad habitual common to these ensemble Movies, Noteure Story is equally satofying to watch. While Teresa and Nathan’s Story has some participation well-observed moments of life in the face of tragedy, it can’t help but Feel maudlin compared to everything around it. Meanwhile, Amanda and Scott Are Hardly a Blip on the Movie’s Radar. Though Blake and Riley’s Story is Cute and Delivers Some Serious Pathos Via Curtis, the Only Storyline that is end-to-end Worthwhile is leah and kai’s, Because Ross butler and Lana Crackling Chemistry, evening.

While all the leads are generaly Capable and Deliver Convincing performances, The Only Other Character Who Comes Anywhere Close to Leah and Kai’s Level Is Curtisnor sung kang is clearly relicing the opportunity to show off his range outside the Fast & Furious franchise by deliveing ​​a layered roles that blends gruffness and tenderness in equual measure.

Worth the Wait DOES NOT LIVE UP TO TITLE

The best storylines are Generic

The IMBALANCE BETWEEN The Characters Blends Poorly with the no in how well the kep track of saying in the first place, resulting in the which affair feelings of a mess. This is not something that it can really affford Becausee Everyone Storyline That Unspools Throughout The Narrative is Hopelessly Generic. This is an extra-lame dementia becase the opening narration Bloviates about the beginnings, endings, and middles of stories in a way that it is falsely promises that it has been interested in or creative for its narrative threads.

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Howver, while Worth The Wait fails to elevate itself, it is consistently sweet and charming. For Instance, Blake and Curtis’ Relationship is a standout, as is Condor’s Tart-Tonged Series of Line Deliveries. IT’S A Completely Harmless Watch, and Due If it Rarely Rises to the Level of “Great,” Nothing Ever Sinks Low Enough to Be Demed “Bad.” IT’S JUST THAT, By the time the story reached its fourth conflict in a row, I was left assess, “Is that all there is?“It didn’t feel like it has enough substance for a single story, let Alone Four.

Worth The Wait Premieres on tubi on May 23.

Worth The Wait

6/10

Directory

Tom shu-star

Wriers

Maggie Hartmans

Pros & Cons

• Lana Condor and Ross Butler have excellent chemistry.
• Overall, The comedy is pleasant and charming.

• The Movie Can’t Keep Track of Its Many Main Characters.
• The storylines in the movie are all too generic.