Happy Ever Afters: View London review

Matthew Turner posted a detailed review of the film and awards 2 stars. Read the full review on the website.

Watchable romcom with engaging performances from the two leads and some nice moments, but the script is poorly developed and it never quite comes together.

The Good Sally Hawkins is excellent as Maura, nailing the Irish accent and sparking some appealing chemistry with Riley. By contrast, Riley has a slightly harder job (romcoms almost always stumble when a character has to dump their existing partner for the female lead) and doesn't quite convince in the emotional scenes (there's a twist of sorts that backfires badly and should have been dropped) but he's a likeable actor, particularly in his scenes with Hawkins.

Worth seeing? Happy Ever Afters is never less than watchable thanks to another strong performance from Sally Hawkins, but the script could have been a lot better with a few judicious rewrites.