Amor en tiempos modernos
2016 · 14m · España
Laura goes to a speed dating event to meet people and encounters Diego, a boy totally disenchanted with this kind of thing, who will make her see things from another perspective.
Picked by Zoe
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Speed dating rom-com sounds like the most focus-grouped premise imaginable, but if this thing actually subverts the algorithm-meets-destiny trope, I'm listening—though something tells me it plays it safer than the title promises.
A whimsical take on the romantic comedy tradition, grounded in the specific texture of contemporary courtship; whether it finds formal distinction in how it frames that tension between cynicism and tenderness will determine if it lingers or dissolves.
That single moment where Diego's disenchantment actually *infects* Laura's hope instead of curing it—if the film trusts that reversal and rides it without explaining—that's the small, true choice that separates this from every other speed-dating meet-cute.