Match Me If You Can

This had all the building blocks to make a great story but the was just something technically missing at each point. The story concerns Kip a female computer nerd. She works for a tech firm and plays some sort of computer game on the weekends. She is played by Georgiana Riley who is pretty. Kip decides to try at dating site called "I promise" -- sort of E harmony - promising an algorithm to match her. The problem not only does the site tell her that she is "unmatchable" it tells her she is a loser and needs to get a dog. Shocked she writes on a blog what happened and it goes viral.

Now we go to the owner and coder of "I Promise" Riley Detamore (Wilson Bethel) a shy computer geek guy who has involved his entire family in the business and when he gets wind of what happened to Kip - has no idea how his system could send that response. Of course his program isn't supposed to send responses like that. "I promise" reaches out to Kip and through that Riley and Kip meet and fall for each other.

The technical problem with the movie is that it has no "heart". There isn't a lot of music in the movie and that doesn't help it... the music that is in the movie is like random plain jane music - not keyed to the story. The script is ok but under written with just the basic lines you need to know usually cut off too quickly. There is a court scene that is so terrifyingly wrong I just wanted to jump into the screen and stop it.

I ended up watching the whole thing because I wanted to find out what happened with the email telling the main character to get dog. If not for that I probably would have turned it off.

Starts off kinda slow, with a scenes that are not all that necessary for the story. The main characters participate in LARP, I think these scenes could be cut without affecting the story line, though they add some comedy to the story.

Main story line, is relatable to so many people. Maybe we have all felt rejected or "unmatchable" at some point in our lives. Love comes in unexpected places and most importantly just be yourself. This is a movie for the "unmatchables" and those that have trouble fitting in sometimes. We all need a posse and people that have our back regardless of what the situation is.

"I know I'm not a real woman, my shoes don't hurt, I like math" is an actual line from this embarrassingly sexist, small-minded film. I haven't looked it up, but this was either written by an oblivious man (likely) or a self-hating woman. Whatever this film thought it was doing, glorifying things the writer associates with being "male" that "real women" don't do/don't get -- even though they are gender-neutral things like enjoying math -- is hateful toward women in an attempt to make the lead actress seem "so not like other girls." And you might think, "It's a romcom, it's not that deep." It is actually that deep. These media depictions are damaging. And honestly, who is this romcom targeting? What audience was so pick-me, they were like, "YES, I FEEL SEEN. The only way to feel good about myself is to tear down anything perceived to be feminine." I shut it off after about fifteen minutes. Maybe it comes back around and it doesn't make you feel nauseated, but it wasn't worth the gastrointestinal distress in the interim. Glad this has clearly done so poorly, as the world is better off with less exposure to it.

"Match Me if You Can" is a heartwarming rom-com directed by Marian Yeager about a computer nerd rejected by a dating app, blogs about her experience and ends up unintentionally leading a revolution for all the singles feeling left out. Set against my hometown of Austin, TX, the film's local charm adds an extra layer of magic for me. The characters' quirks and vulnerabilities make them instantly lovable and super relatable. And of course, who could forget the adorable mastiff and mudi pup that steal the screen for me whenever they show up :-) In a world of rom-coms, this one stands out for its genuine message - that you are enough.

Loved the message the movie send. Storyline was predictable but done in a a cute nerdy way. Very relatable and made me laugh which is what I was looking for. Loved watching a nerdy love story, female lead was funny, thought there was great chemistry. More realistic than most of these movies, or at least more relatable. The acting wasn't all great but it didn't take away from any it. I'm giving it a higher rating because being a bit nerdy myself the movie made me feel good, which the point of the kind of movies I suppose lol. Normally I never write a review but I would like for my fellow nerds out there to see this hence giving it a horrible first try.