Look the plot is entirely predictable , there are a million films like this already and plenty do this concept better. The cast does land the occasional genuine comedic moments but completely wasted the comedy talents of Guz Khan and Nick Frost. Leads showed flashes of good chemistry but not enough chances to show it together, made it difficult to particularly care or root for them and that pretty much defeats the whole point of a rom com.
The way they represent an English school is utterly ridiculous though. Clearly written by someone who's only idea of England comes from the notion that it's just like America but with school uniform and posh accents, and that they've watched sex education and think that also represents a realistic English school. Either nobody senior enough had a clue about this or didn't have the stones to challenge the people in charge. It takes you out of the movie far too often.
In the end it reduces every character to stereotypical American high school tropes and fails to capture enough elements of comedy or romance to be anything but below average.
The way they represent an English school is utterly ridiculous though. Clearly written by someone who's only idea of England comes from the notion that it's just like America but with school uniform and posh accents, and that they've watched sex education and think that also represents a realistic English school. Either nobody senior enough had a clue about this or didn't have the stones to challenge the people in charge. It takes you out of the movie far too often.
In the end it reduces every character to stereotypical American high school tropes and fails to capture enough elements of comedy or romance to be anything but below average.