Title: What If
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

What It Is: Wallace just dumped his cheating girlfriend but he’s the one feeling dumped. At a party he get’s the privilege of meeting cartoonist/animator Chantry. Chantry is a young woman happy in her life with boyfriend Ben. The two decide to just be friends. As friends they decide to bond over things like the amount of feces left compact inside celebrities, as well as the interesting sound food known as “Fool’s Gold”. With such interesting topics to connect over it’s not a wonder they become BFF’s pretty quickly. Ben let’s Wallace know right off the bat that he better keep it in his pants. But with the help of his roommate and Chantry’s cousin Allan (Adam Driver), and his new fiancee/wife Dalia.

What We Think: This film is the cinematic equivalent of a basket of puppies. It’s adorable, it doesn’t have the quickest or smartest script but relationship between the two characters is enough for you to stay with this. Radcliffe is brilliant here, and you don’t see Harry Potter in there that’s Wallace. Zoe Kazan is quirky and adorkable, she’s been in a slew of small indie romances including the brillant In Your Eyes, and Ruby Sparks. She’s found a niche right now, but that doesn’t mean she’s a one trick pony (see: The Exploding Girl). Dowse builds a beautiful watch with this right down to the great soundtrack!

Our Grade: A-, I don’t why, but I loved this film! It just had a charm about it that really radiated past the screen. The two leads have a chemistry about them that infect the entirety of the film, and is truly wonderful to see. I look forward to more of this kind of thing from Radcliffe in his post-Potter days. As for Dowse he continues to get better. From Take Me Home Tonight he made the awesome comedy Goon, and now this fine display of romantic comedy takes the cake. It’ll be great to see where he goes next. We’ll be watching closely for now though enjoy one of the best Rom-Coms in quite a few years.