Meet Cute

2022 - 9 - 21

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The New York Times"

'Meet Cute' Review: Live. Date. Repeat. (The New York Times)

“Meet Cute,” from the director Alex Lehmann, is a “Groundhog Day” movie. Dozens of movies have borrowed the premise of the 1993 comedy in which Bill Murray ...

“Meet Cute,” like the 2020 film [“Palm Springs,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/movies/palm-springs-review.html) brings the concept to bear on the rom-com: Sheila (Kaley Cuoco) is stuck on a time-looped first date with Gary (Pete Davidson), repeatedly meeting and re-meeting the guy she’s convinced is the man of her dreams. “Meet Cute” complicates its conceit by introducing elaborate plot mechanics involving a tanning-bed time machine, which results in a number of boring expository flashbacks and, later, an extended riff on “The Butterfly Effect.” (“Are we supposed to eat this?” Sheila asks, aghast. “Meet Cute,” from the director Alex Lehmann, is a “Groundhog Day” movie. “Yes,” Gary says. [“Source Code”](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/movies/jake-gyllenhaal-in-source-code-review.html)), farce ( [“Naked”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQQ_PbKqcxM)), horror ( [“Happy Death Day”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/movies/happy-death-day-review.html)), and blockbuster action ( [“Edge of Tomorrow”](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/movies/tom-cruise-battles-invaders-in-edge-of-tomorrow.html)), often to amusing effect.

Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson are going nowhere in the time ... (The A.V. Club)

Peacock's puzzling rom-com leaves its talented stars, and its unlucky viewers, trapped in an unfunny time loop.

Meet Cute has all the unoriginality of a forgettable low-budget picture—and eye-rolling dialogue like making Kaley Cuoco say “all the things!”—plus a central premise that just doesn’t work. This is all brand new to him if you follow the logic of this story! This makes for a good laugh, but doesn’t exactly leave one rooting for this person as the other Kaley Cuoco tries to escape in terror. When the latest Gary—whose easier path in life has turned him into a bit of a tech douche—learns about this time-warp tinkering he gets angry. While this date is the first we in the audience see, it’s actually the seventh. The first time we meet Cuoco’s Sheila she’s got the hots for Davidson’s Gary, eyeing him at the end of a bar.

'Meet Cute' review: Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson team up in a ... (CNN)

(CNN) Time-traveling romance has a spotty history (just ask HBO), but like "Groundhog Day," that doesn't stop variations on the theme from happening again ...

Frankly, just the marquee value of their teaming probably represents a modest win for NBC's streaming service. As for Davidson, he's found Cuoco's Sheila approaches Davidson's Gary in a bar, and the two spend a romantic night together getting to know each other, even if her behavior occasionally feels a bit off.

Watch Pete Davidson Return in New Rom-Com 'Meet Cute' With ... (Rolling Stone)

The new Peacock Original movie "Meet Cute" stars Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco and is exclusively streaming online -- here's how to watch and stream.

[ Buy Peacock Premium Plus $9.99](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2) [ Buy Peacock Premium Subscription $1.99+](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2) [Peacock Premium Plus](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2), meantime, costs $9.99 per month and lets you stream without the interruption of ads for most titles. A Premium plan also gets you streaming access to live news and new shows from channels like Bravo and NBC. One of the best current streaming service deals you can get is Peacock’s Premium package discount for just $1.99 per month over a 12-month period. [ Buy Peacock Premium $1.99](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2) If you want to watch Meet Cute, you’ll need a Peacock Premium membership. [Peacock Premium](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2) normally costs $4.99 per month, but Peacock is running a limited-time promotion that gets you a Premium membership for as little as [$1.99 per month for up to 12 months](http://imp.i305175.net/Jrj2O2) at the time of this writing. We hate to break it to you, but you can’t watch Meet Cute online for free. Peacock is one of the few streaming services that offers a free tier, and you can watch a big library of comedies, dramas, and other titles without paying a monthly membership fee. And because this is a Peacock Original, that means it’s an exclusive comedy that you can only watch if you have a Peacock subscription. [Peacock](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/peacock/), the new movie isn’t your typical rom-com, and follows Cuoco’s character Sheila and Davidson’s Gary as the duo that — you guessed it — has their very own meet-cute. Here’s everything you need to know to watch Meet Cute online right now.

'Meet Cute' Review: Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco Time Travel in ... (Collider.com)

Look no further than the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day or 2020's wacky, lovely time-loop comedy Palm Springs with Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. Clearly, ...

If she went back to relive the perfect night over and over (after making some controversial changes to Gary’s timeline), why is she only able to predict certain things like his Sophie’s Choice joke and his drink of choice, but not others? Sheila even questions the logic behind it in the beginning and June shrugs it off, which is more of a wink to the audience to not overthink the time-travel “rules” presented. The playful premise acts as a Trojan horse of sorts in order to get the meat of this meet-cute story, much of which cannot be revealed in this review. There are a number of developments throughout the film that quickly prove that Sheila is a very unreliable protagonist, which both keeps the story interesting and feels a bit repetitive. She went to the bathroom and low and behold, there was a tanning bed. And neither is Gary ( [Pete Davidson](https://collider.com/tag/pete-davidson/)), the quiet, horizontal-stripe-loving lad at the bar whose back is deliberately to all the action. Cuoco effortlessly leans into some of the absurdity and anchors Sheila’s more grounded moments of despair. Things get even odder when Sheila finally details how she was even able to get into this situation in the first place. (You get the idea.) Hollywood has played with the concept of hitting the reset button and getting a second chance in films over and over again. She explains to Gary (on what is the viewer’s first date with them) that she was having a great day, and decided to get her nails done. [Kaley Cuoco](https://collider.com/tag/kaley-cuoco/)), the unofficial protagonist in a film with really only two characters, walking down the street in slow-motion. Meet Cute, the latest project to step into the ring of the re-do, is surely an entertaining addition to this type of storytelling.

'Meet Cute': Kaley Cuoco uses time travel to woo Pete Davidson in ... (Chicago Sun-Times)

Yes, “SNL” funnyman and serial dating legend Pete Davidson is the lead in a romantic comedy, and when we factor in Davidson's performance in “The King of Staten ...

The thing about “Meet Cute” is the characters don’t really meet cute in the time-honored rom-com cliché manner — getting in a fender-bender, reaching for the same item in a department store, someone spilling coffee, etc. She just walks up to him in a bar. More talk from Sheila about being from the future. (“What do you have against televised sports, did a football kill your grandpa or something?” Sheila will later ask Gary.) They strike up an awkward, flirty conversation and then Sheila blurts out: “I’m a time traveler, from the future.” Of course, Gary thinks Sheila is kidding, but he plays along with the gag as Sheila explains she’s from just 24 hours in the future. Cut to a sports pub where Sheila works up the nerve to approach Davidson’s Gary, the only person in the bar not watching the action on TV.