Movie Review: Anyone but You (2024) seen in theatres

Comedy: not recommended for young children; nudity, sexuality and coarse language

This movie follows a man and a woman (played by Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell,) who pretend to be in a relationship with each other despite not being fond of one another while attending a family wedding. As the two begin to get closer, real feelings develop between the two of them.

I’m going to be completely honest. I’ve only seen this movie once and I may have even got the description of this movie wrong. I can’t even remember the names of the characters played by Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. Having said that, I know they both get on a plane and fly to the wedding. However, I don’t remember if that’s where they first met or if the characters had a rivalry forcing them to not like each other before getting on the plane. I would have to watch this movie again to get those details. However, I do remember that they decide to pretend to like each other despite opposing views from the two of them….I can’t remember what the purpose of this was, if it was to make someone jealous or maybe this is what the parents thought was going on and they did not want to disappoint them or something to that effect. One key point I do remember about this movie is the fact that by the end, real feelings do indeed develop between the two of them and I also remember the fact that there was sex between the two of them obviously after establishing their real relationship. Now since this is a movie that I have bought at the store, I know I will have to watch it eventually but the problem is that I would never watch this movie alone. I want to make this clear….this is not because of Sydney Sweeney. If nothing else, knowing me the way people do, they would correctly assume that she is the reason I like this movie, especially with what she does with Glen Powell about halfway through.

This is one of those situations where the smallest detail can make all the difference. There is a scene in this movie with a certain something. This thing is completely irrelevant to the plot of this movie thus I wonder why they included it especially when the rest of this movie was so well done. The scene only lasts for a split second, it’s one of those blink and you’ll miss it type scenes but it was enough for me to say this movie could have been better. Here’s a hint as to what this scene contains. Those people who know me well enough will understand. It’s not a movie for those with severe ornithophobia. When I saw this in theatres, I actually had to grab Chris for comfort as this otherwise entertaining movie was put in the same category as the Freddy vs. Jason franchise, (at least in my mind.) Having said that, I stupidly chose to buy this movie knowing full well what was contained in that scene so I will have to watch it again. Maybe I will do so with Chris at some point.

I want to make it clear this has absolutely nothing to do with Sydney Sweeney or Glen Powell. You’ve got the man voted “The sexiest man alive” in the year 2024 sticking it to the new hottest actress on the planet. Just so there’s no hard feelings, I want to tell you how I feel about Sydney Sweeney. On the day of this blog being written, Chris is out of town for the weekend. Mom had a big surprise for me today. Well this morning, I had an idea of what that surprise would be. I envisioned Sydney Sweeney getting on a plane and going to mom’s house having been in such a rush to catch her flight that she didn’t put clothes on and only had time to put a bikini on. She would arrive at mom’s house before she picked me up saying she wanted to meet me as she was hired to give me personal care. They would get in the car with her losing her bikini as the car was going at highway speeds. Upon arriving, she would tell me that she was my big surprise and that it was my shower day.

The good news is that I was way off in this assumption and the surprise ended up being the casino hence nothing to do with Sydney Sweeney. However, since I kept losing, I probably should have bet her shirt which I know mom would not be too pleased with me if I told her this. Maybe if that day ever did come and mom was ok with this actress parading around like this, I would change my rating of this movie to perfect, (hence 10 out of 10.) However, a scene like the one in this film that bothered me has no place in any movie I like regardless of how the rest of the movie was. Therefore I’m going to do something I’m sure nobody would think I would do given the nature of this film. I’m going to do something I’m sure uncle Frank would do if he saw this movie and I’m going to do this right now.

Movie rating: 0 out of 10