Colorful fashionista is both encouraged and hampered by a revengeful entrepreneur.
The description does not do this Turkish romantic comedy justice. The main character is a quirky artistic girl who dreams about having her own fashion line.... Merve Kült (based on her name Merve Kültür) and the motto of her line would be "you do you". The idea being don't let anyone tell you what is good or not good fashion wise. Likewise, she has her own personal style which seems to be pairing items (mainly blazers) out of her high powered former journalist mother's closet with eclectic and colorful things out of her own closet. Think brightly colored belted blazers, big earrings and even bigger glasses.
Her mom would like her to take an office job, which she has resisted until they receive eviction notices from their building's new owner because Nerve's own father sold the building out from underneath them due to bankruptcy. He has a whole new family elsewhere...but is still technically married to Merve's mother, the queenly and uncompromising Nevra.
Merve's artistic group of friends come up with a plan to market a meet up app where everyone wears masks to a start up entrepreneur, who might help them market and then eventually sell their app for enough money to buy Merve's building...and initially the plan goes well. Meanwhile Merve meets the start up entrepreneur by literally crashing into him with coffee, not the best first impression. This Anil Gürman is on a mission of his own...one of revenge. The two also meet on the app, Anil with a custom Wolf mask and Merve with a gazelle mask. Of course he has the advantage of knowing who she is...but they have done interesting conversations while getting to know one another.
This is a quirky romantic comedy, filled with bohemian and artistic characters. I enjoyed some of the music...and the masks were very creative. I loved the scene where everyone in their small group was dancing in the studio with their masks on, it was neat to see it as Anil did from the outside. The Kamondo steps in Istanbul Turkey are shown off beautifully as one of Merve's favorite spots. I thought her "clothing line" at the fashion show needed a lot of work as it looked like just what it was done cut up blazers and pieced together fabric...with all of the wannabe fashionistas out there they could have found a fashion student or someone to do a much better job (and probably very cheap too).
I enjoyed the romance...both the main one and the subplot. So, this is a recommendation from me for romantics who enjoy light hearted romance that is a little off the beaten path.
Finally, I loved the little bit of wisdom: "If you don't take a step, you will stay where you are." And: "If flowers are worth picking, you should pick them. Don't wait till they wither away only to regret not picking them."
Her mom would like her to take an office job, which she has resisted until they receive eviction notices from their building's new owner because Nerve's own father sold the building out from underneath them due to bankruptcy. He has a whole new family elsewhere...but is still technically married to Merve's mother, the queenly and uncompromising Nevra.
Merve's artistic group of friends come up with a plan to market a meet up app where everyone wears masks to a start up entrepreneur, who might help them market and then eventually sell their app for enough money to buy Merve's building...and initially the plan goes well. Meanwhile Merve meets the start up entrepreneur by literally crashing into him with coffee, not the best first impression. This Anil Gürman is on a mission of his own...one of revenge. The two also meet on the app, Anil with a custom Wolf mask and Merve with a gazelle mask. Of course he has the advantage of knowing who she is...but they have done interesting conversations while getting to know one another.
This is a quirky romantic comedy, filled with bohemian and artistic characters. I enjoyed some of the music...and the masks were very creative. I loved the scene where everyone in their small group was dancing in the studio with their masks on, it was neat to see it as Anil did from the outside. The Kamondo steps in Istanbul Turkey are shown off beautifully as one of Merve's favorite spots. I thought her "clothing line" at the fashion show needed a lot of work as it looked like just what it was done cut up blazers and pieced together fabric...with all of the wannabe fashionistas out there they could have found a fashion student or someone to do a much better job (and probably very cheap too).
I enjoyed the romance...both the main one and the subplot. So, this is a recommendation from me for romantics who enjoy light hearted romance that is a little off the beaten path.
Finally, I loved the little bit of wisdom: "If you don't take a step, you will stay where you are." And: "If flowers are worth picking, you should pick them. Don't wait till they wither away only to regret not picking them."
- cgvsluis
- Jun 16, 2023