Oh, Hi!

Technically, there's nothing glaringly wrong with Oh, Hi. The performances, pacing, and visual style are competent enough. But the film's core premise is not only absurd - it's deeply unsettling. A woman ties a man to a bed after a romantic weekend goes sideways, then refuses to untie him when she realizes they're not actually a couple. From there, it devolves into dark territory masked as quirky comedy. The writing relies on nonsense logic to keep the guy tied up (seriously, the comb thing?), and the film expects you to laugh at what amounts to non-consensual imprisonment. If the roles were reversed, this wouldn't even get greenlit, let alone marketed as funny. The fact that the audience was laughing at his situation made it even harder to sit through. By the time the movie ends with a cutesy "heart-to-heart" and no accountability, I was just done. Hard pass. Livestream discussion/review is available on my channel and a full video review will be available shortly as well.

Personally, 'Oh, Hi' did absolutely nothing for me. The actors were funny and likable, and the idea is amusing, but the way the entire film is presented makes it feel like a script that was written by a grade school child.

Firstly, I'll talk about the good. The opening 20-30 minutes was cute. The actor's chemistry mixed with some gorgeous cinematography made for quite the romantic setting. I was thoroughly enjoying what I was seeing. It's when the awkward sex scene mixed with the handcuffs begins that the film gets beyond bizarre and the story slips into someone's weird and childish fantasy brought to life.

The decisions the characters made had no real world weight to them. I mean for the plot to work, both of the main characters would have to have the mental capacity of a 13 year old. No adult would do the things that are done in the film. From the whole hostage situation in hopes for love, all the way up to doing the witchy seance scene that was something only a teenage girl would think of. It all just seemed so unrealistic and far removed from anything remotely palpable.

The ending also left a lot to be desired. There is absolutely no way, and I mean NO WAY, that I would've been the one apologizing after being handcuffed to a bed for 48 hours, and enduring what the main character had to endure for more than half of the film's runtime. Nor would she be the one I would be calling help for after, literally, speeding away from what was at that point a crime scene.

On the flipside, if a person didn't want a relationship, I honestly can't think of anybody that would take them out for a weekend together in the countryside. Complete with pretty music, wine, romance and all the extra things you could think of. And we're talking proposal level romantic here. The creator must have a really low opinion of males to think that this is a real thing someone would do for just a bit of fun. It's borderline offensive.

Overall, I can't recommend it. Far too unrealistic, and campy but in all the wrong ways. Again, this felt like a teenager's fantasy brought to life, but the film was far too adult for anything a teenager could be allowed to watch. All I could think of at the credits was the creator must have the mind of a child, and I wonder who hurt her to make this screenplay happen. The first 20-30 minutes are very sweet, but ultimately misleading as to the context of the rest of the film. And although the film does have some interesting points to make about love and the fear of relationships, it was just too dumb to be taken as anything more than a footnote in the larger picture here.

2 broken hearts out of 5.

Saw this as a Mystery Viewing and from the start the movie catches you and has you thinking throughout.

A humerous and thrilling horror story.

Different perspectives between people in relationships lead what seems to be an idyllic situation awry.

A romantic comedy for those that don't typically like rom-coms. Something for fans of multiple genres.

Smartly written and filmed; worth a chance and watching to get the enjoyment and understanding of what is being given and shown which is something well thought out and well executed for our entertainment.

Keep you guessing all the way through.

Had the theatre laughing and reacting throughout 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼/👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I've decided to attend yet another mystery movie Monday and this day we had Oh, Hi and I didn't really know too much going into the film as I've briefly heard of it and saw the trailer and didn't know what to expect. But I think the film delivers a hilarious movie with some excellent comedy throughout the movie as I found myself to truly be dying at some of the jokes thrown in this movie as they really did land for me and I found myself to have a great time with this film and the comedy elements thrown into this film. I found the romantic parts to be intriguing as well and found our leads to be such interesting characters and I really loved these characters of Iris played by Molly Gordon and also Isaac played by Logan Lerman who personally was my favorite character in this film and I really loved his performance. My one complaint with the characters is I wish they had more depth to them and sometimes in my personal opinion in some scenes they feel bland and boring but other than that I really do like these characters a lot. I also really liked the story they told in this film as I honestly expected to go into a Rom-Com but I was kind of surprised by the direction they take the romantic elements in this movie as I really found this direction to be really interesting for me and I really liked the direction they took as it didn't feel like every other boring rom-com with nothing going on in this film but I found this film to be a really fun and hilarious time. One other complaint in my opinion is I'm not the biggest fan of the ending since it felt like everything happened so quickly and I wish the movie would've been longer so we could've explored some of this stuff that happened at the end some more and it felt sort of rushed near the end in my personal opinion but other than my little complaints I found myself to have a great time with this movie and going into this movie with no expectations at all I was pleasantly surprised with this movie and I honestly throughly enjoyed it and I think this is worth checking out in theaters for sure once it officially releases theatrically.

Rating - 5.0: Overall, a generic and predictable indie rom-com that was obviously made by Gen Z theater kids from New York; this movie is definitely for someone, but that someone is definitely not me because I feel like I got my fix for this type of movie earlier in the year with 'Companion'.

Direction - Pretty Bad: The direction on a macro scale is your typical indie rom-com, and it was very obvious this movie was made by some Gen Z improv/theater student living in New York; while it isn't the exact same movie, it has a similar vibe to Companion, but quirkier and worse; the direction on a micro scale is very Gen Z indie rom-com; the storytelling is pretty bland, as it is a quirky Gen Z way to tell a pretty simple story; tension is built pretty poorly because you don't really take the movie seriously in the more tense moments, and the score really ruins the mood

Story - Bad: The concept is honestly not really that good, as it is just really psychotic behavior; I have a feeling this movie tries to empathize with Gordon, but they really shouldn't, despite what Lerman's character did; This movie has vibes of Companion, but is more simple and generic; The plot structure is linear and kinda short because there really isn't that much plot to go through; Character writing is pretty surface level, what you would expect from an indie rom-com

Screenplay - Pretty Bad: The dialogue is very Indie Rom-Com, influenced by the Gen-Z New York Arts scene; the humor is pretty hit or miss, but ended up missing more times for me; the symbolism is there, but it is not a good message, although this movie does not really take itself seriously; the foreshadowing makes the movie incredibly predictable; I felt like I was in this movie's head the entire time as I was winning a tennis match 6-0, 6-0 as I could anticipate and predict its next move

Acting - Decent: Molly Gordon - Decent (Typical Gen-Z, New York theater/improv acting style that is quirky), Logan Lerman - Decent (Has some charisma and decent chemistry with Gordon; decently funny), Geraldine Viswanathan - Decent to Pretty Good (Plays the comedic relief friend pretty well and has decent chemistry with Gordon), John Reynolds - Decent (Comedic relief, pretty silly, and fun), Rest of the cast - Decent (The cast is very small, but the chemistry within the cast is decent)

Score - Pretty Bad: Made the movie feel cheap and tacky, which is sad because it is an indie movie

Soundtrack - Decent: Typical indie movie soundtrack

Cinematography - Decent: Typical Indie Rom-Com camerawork

Editing - Decent: Typical Indie Rom-Com editing

Production Design - Decent: Gave the movie Companion feels, but if it was indie and more of a rom-com

Pacing - Pacing is a little slow because there really isn't that much plot to go through

Climax - Climax does a lot, but it is not really executed well as it mitigated all the stakes set in this movie; I really was not a fan of how this ended because it made me feel like I wasted any time investing in this story

Tone - Tone is very much an Indie Rom-Com made by Gen Z Theater/Improv kids from New York; the movie has shades of Companion, but in a more indie, goofy way

Final Notes - Saw as an AMC Screen Unseen; Went in blind.