Werther (Douglas Booth) is an aspiring Montreal writer. He and his young friend Paul are in Toronto for one day to pick up a well-known horse sculpture in a family dispute. He is immediately taken with Charlotte (Alison Pill) who is having coffee with her friend Melanie (Amrit Kaur) and her young sister Sissy (Iris Apatow). It's her birthday and he goes to her party. He's told afterwards that she's engaged to really nice Albert (Patrick J. Adams). He's still going to try to steal her from Albert.
This depends a lot on one's opinion on Werther. Douglas Booth is playing him like the gay best friend archetype. I can see why. He can't be too threatening. It occurs to me later that he needs to be younger like in his twenties. He is immature in nature. He's already the younger man with Charlotte. He just needs to go even younger. I find him charming although he does border on stalking. I love all the actors. I like this attempt even if it's not all quite right.
