And it's a big eye roll when the movie jokes about how Logan's artistic dreams have made him a pretentious director for 12-year-olds, one of many easy targets. "I Want You Back" is almost two hours long, but it doesn't have nearly enough comedic momentum to justify that runtime. So many scenes from this script by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker play out like scenarios needing a punch-up, whether it’s jokes about Peter being out of shape, or Emma’s strange placement volunteering for the school play. All so that we don’t really question whether Emma and Peter are being bad people, or face head-on the manipulation of their plot. I Want You Back is the Jackson 5s 1969 debut single for Motown, and it became the first of four consecutive 1 hits (ABC, The Love You Save, and Ill Be. “I Want You Back” takes a cheaper way out of its conspiracy, by not letting these unsuspecting targets have much of their own personalities, minimizing the performances of its intriguing ensemble. The friendship that develops between Peter and perfectly amiable Noah isn’t especially charming, and the courtship that Emma tries to fling onto Logan, under Anne’s watchful eye, feels more forced than its design. But director Jason Orley's film doesn’t take advantage of the ample room that comes with the genre it’s almost like the movie is afraid of getting darker with its break-up screwball concept, even though the pain and denial it's riffing on is so true. It’s an absurd scheme, so vivid in its delusion and desperation, and it’s a great set-up for the kind of rom-com meant to be paired with a pint of ice cream. Emma: How is it sexier I Want You Back is a 2022 Romantic Comedy directed by Jason Orley from a screenplay by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger ( This Is Us ). They won’t have to face the reason they were broken up with. This is like Cruel Intentions, only sexier. They won’t have to look at their respective exes brandish their happy relationship on Instagram, and they won’t have to worry about the daunting notion of finding a new person. 200 Play trailer 2:02 4 Videos 11 Photos Comedy Romance Newly-dumped thirtysomethings Peter and Emma team up to sabotage their exes' new relationships and win them back for good. She will get Anne’s new boyfriend and drama teacher Logan ( Manny Jacinto) to cheat with Emma by volunteering for his school play, and Peter will get inside Noah’s head to break up with his new girlfriend Ginny ( Clark Backo) by becoming Noah’s best friend. And art is a better way of doing that than reading all these reports into the laundries. Realizing their shared jealousy and not their inability to move forward, they crack a scheme-they’ll ruin the new relationships of their partners so they can get back with them.
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