Divorced, 40-year-old Silver Lake art gallery owner Solène is railroaded into taking her teen daughter Izzy to a meet-and-greet at Coachella. Once there, she just so happens to cross paths with Hayes Campbell, the 24-year-old lead singer of a popular British boy band. Due to varied age and lifestyle differences she's convinced they just don't fit and is weary of getting closer to him, but the pull between them is undeniable. So begins a whirlwind romance, but alas, his high-profile celebrity makes the reality of their situation even more difficult to digest. The set up makes it sound like just the latest in a long line of genre fluff, and even though some key aspects of the relationship are rushed the feelings are still very real, plus the sweet, organic chemistry between Hathaway and Galitzine is enough to make a viewer swoon, with some incisive commentary on the insidious nature of paparazzi and social media thrown in for good measure. ***
Review of The Idea of You
