Director: Lance Hool
Starring: Jacob Elordi, Radha Mitchell, Adan Canto, Tiera Skovbye
Running Time: 100 minutes
Synopsis: Two initially separate stories unfold in different time periods. In the present, Chris (Jacob Elordi) starts college and meets fellow student Sam (Tiera Skovbye). They both volunteer for a campus security program, and eventually their relationship becomes serious. In the 1950s, Jorge Bolivar (Adan Canto) is the scion for a family-run rum business. He suffers from a serious lung condition and defies the odds to live into his thirties. While helping to relocate the business from Cuba to Miami, he meets and falls in love with airline stewardess Grace (Radha Mitchell). Eventually, the stories of Chris and Jorge merge.
What Works Well: Based on actual events, this is a heartwarming and uplifting double romance, sensitively handled by director and co-writer Lance Hool. The two stories are never groundbreaking but aways engaging, and the drama glides seamlessly between the two timelines, cleverly concealing the connection until the third act. Chris and Jorge are refreshingly real, their journeys bumping against typical family issues including parental expectations and medical challenges. Both romances feel organic and credible for their eras.
What Does Not Work As Well: The writing and acting is always earnest but sometimes confined to television levels of blandness, with both Sam and Grace presented as perfectly wholesome partners for their men. The third act is effortlessly tear-inducing, and drifts towards sustained emotional melodrama.
Key Quote:
Chris (narrating): The truth is we're all just one connection away from something incredible.
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