Written by: Claire Phillips | Entertainment Editor
Content warning: this article contains spoilers
Three handsome, single men are fighting for a young woman’s affection… Now, the woman’s dilemma has become choosing just one — the current lawyer boyfriend who just proposed, the famous rockstar or the schoolteacher with a history? Such is the predicament of Cami Conway, the protagonist of the Netflix hit, “Choose Love.”
What separates “Choose Love” from other modern romantic comedies is that the viewers have a say in choosing the perfect man for Cami. Watch with friends and they will be fighting over the remote to pick either Paul, Rex or Jack.
Karis D’Orazio, a sophomore at Western and a rom-com fan, said she appreciated this aspect. “You got to pick the guy you liked, instead of watching the whole movie with a guy you didn’t like,” D’Orazio said.
A fun aspect of the movie is that the viewers may go back and undo their choices to receive different endings. The movie has six different endings depending on the decisions the viewer makes on behalf of Cami, however, the many options “took away from the story a little,” said D’Orazio. “You didn’t feel that fulfillment that you feel when you usually watch a rom-com.”
Fans of “Choose Love” have utilized popular social media apps, such as TikTok, to recommend it to others. “It popped up on my For You Page enough for me to be like, okay, I’m going to go look at this movie,” D’Orazio said. Watchers have shared what they would have changed about the movie to make it more enjoyable: “I feel like it could have been a series instead of a movie. You didn’t get to know the characters very well,” said D’Orazio.
This movie is just a gateway for the other interactive content Netflix has to offer. If a rom-com doesn’t resonate, there are interactive adventure, horror and animated shows. These shows and movies can generate feelings of authority in times when everything seems out of control.
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