Among the new films to see on Netflix, we note “What blows the romance”, the first LGBTQI + Christmas film of the streaming platform. So what is it worth? We decipher this romantic comedy in our weekly Pop it format!
If Netflix is full of Christmas movies, classic or recent, we are not always fans of the streaming platform’s proposals in this area, despite their success. Impossible not to evoke Hard love that has made us roll our eyes time and time again while unapologetically romanticizing catfishing. Fortunately, this movie starring Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Darren Barnett isn’t the only Christmas new to Netflix. The streaming platform even did strong by producing Single All The Way (That romance blows, in French), his first LGBTQI + romantic comedy. Of course, we are already in 2021, but better late than never!
But this film filled with love, trees and family meals must not disappoint… We still remember Happiest Season, with Kirsten Stewart and released in 2020, which had not convinced everyone. So we looked That romance blows, directed by Michael Mayer.
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“Let Romance Blast” is an Anti “Happiest Season”
Here, no traumatic coming out or boyfriend hiding (literally) in the closet, like Tea Happiest Season. Peter, played by Michael Urie, does not have to hide his sexual orientation from his family when he comes home for the holiday season: everyone knows he is gay. The only pressure he feels every Christmas comes from this question: why is he single? A year that almost all solo people, whether LGBTQI + or not, struggle.
Just to let him loose a bit, Peter decides to come accompanied by his best friend and roommate, also gay, Nick. But all does not go as planned and Peter’s mother, obsessed with playing Cupids, arranges a blind date for her son. Except, meanwhile, the rest of the family are convinced that Nick and Peter are made for each other. The end is expected, as in all romantic comedies, but it is clear that this new Netflix film, by avoiding complicated and violent situations for LGBTQI + people, stands out as a joyful and anti-cliché film.
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“Let Romance Blast” on Netflix hit the nail on the head
However, That romance blows does not stage an ideal world, where LBTGQI + people would never face the stereotypes or clumsiness of others. If Peter’s mother, for example, accepts her son for who he is and tries to figure him out with books for queer parents, she messes up when she tries to use the term LGBTQI + and is sometimes downright. clumsy. In this tolerant family, Peter therefore does not escape the heteronormativity of those close to him. But the result remains tender and subtle at the same time, without counting delicious references to queer culture.
That romance blows does not claim to revolutionize the genre, but the film does have the merit of giving LGBTQI + people a place on our screens without depressing the viewers concerned. A well-deserved gift.
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