LOVE Again is something other than a pro-Celine Marketing campaign in disguised romantic comedy?

Faced with the almost theatrical presence of the Quebec superstar, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan are quickly overshadowed by their own film, broadcast for the first time in clear, this evening on W9.

THE Romantic comedies quality are rare these days.

And it is unfortunately not Love Again which will raise the level. Adaptation of German romantic comedy SMS Fü Dichitself based on the eponymous novel of Sophie Cramer, James C. Strouse signs here an uninhabited scenario and devoid of the least charm.

The pitch is simple: Mira Ray, still in mourning 2 years after the death of her boyfriend, continues to send love messages to his old number … which was reassigned to journalist Rob Burns. When he is responsible for writing an article on Celine Dionhe asks her to help her find a way to meet Mira in real life.

A scenario certainly eccentric but which could have been engaging, if only was not romanticized the slightly disturbing behavior of Rob, obsessed with this stranger who sent him unwittingly tons of texts. And the dynamics between the two characters, also devoid of any alchemy, hardly manages to transcend the emptiness of the story. Faced with the unconvincing game of Sam Heughanthe beautiful Priyanka Chopra Jonas However, doing well and manages to remain touching when it comes to evoking mourning.

But this love story exploited on the surface is in reality only a subterfuge which hides us between its lines the real subject of the film: Celine Dionin his own role. The superstar arrives in the story like a hair on the soup: we do not know what it does there, but one thing is certain, it has fun. She confides in the slightest opportunity on René, her husband who died in 2016, and transforms the film into a real catharsis.

With All by MYLYF,, It’s all coming back to me nowand 5 new tubes written specially for the film, Love Again we knock out the sublime voice of Celine Dionwhose presence haunts the screen even when it is not visible to it. Over the minutes, the whole comedy is transformed into a lunar object, chimera not bordered between an overly discreet romance and a marketing campaign that makes boxes. Love Again It is ultimately only the backdrop of a stroke of the singer adored by all. A year after his time noticed on the Eiffel Tower at the Olympic Games in Paris and while all his recent concerts have been canceled, this is an opportunity to see the diva again on our screens …