Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park
Plot: The friendship of Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) and Chantry (Zoe Kazan) is questioned when one falls in love with the other.
If you're looking at the checklist for a typical romantic comedy, you'll find affairs, crude jokes and Jennifer Aniston as the female lead. Thankfully, What If is not any of these, it is a fresh, independently-written take on the genre, with electric chemistry between the two leads - Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan.
Michael Dowse takes the directorial reigns of this modestly budgeted comedy ($11 million) and has successfully crafted a film you'll recommend to your 500 Days of Summer-loving pals. Dowse has somehow manage to dodge the majority of rom-com cliches and pulls off a surprisingly witty coming-of-age tale. With that said, Dowse has merely utilised and built on Elan Mastai's simply marvellous script, with special effects used to only improve and elevate the script's potential. It's also one of those films where there aren't any awkward silences for the audience to laugh, the script almost knows when you're emotionally or humorously vulnerable and takes full advantage of that.
Likewise, leads Radcliffe and Kazan clearly saw the script's potential and decided to deliver a whole lot more. Their chemistry and comedic timing isn't something audiences can always expect, with numerous gross-out comedies pretty much bloating the market in recent years.
As well as the two main stars, there's Adam Driver and Mackenzie Davis as Allan and Nicole, whose side story is surprisingly enjoyable to follow and doesn't detract from the main events.
In Conclusion: Arguably one of the wittiest and sweetest romantic comedies in recent memory (and some of us can definitely relate). Radcliffe and Kazan steal the show with their undeniable chemistry.
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