Struggling diabetic bar waitress/singer Cassie meets troubled handsome all-American Marine Luke in this Netflix hit romantic drama. They initially butt heads at every opportunity (of course), and an unlikely marriage of convenience follows (so that she can claim full health insurance as a military wife!), a tragedy befalls Luke as her performing career moves forward and (no spoiler) they eventually find love together, all at alarmingly unconvincing speed. The film has drawn attention for its blunt politics, and whilst the script does frighteningly and simplistically juxtapose stereotypical right-wing military toxic masculinity with liberal feminism in order to drive the narrative, there is at least some character development in the later stages of the film (within the narrative limits of a romantic drama) and the capable leads (Sophia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine) do their very best to sell this slightly awkward mix of unbelievable melodrama and the more hard-hitting emotional truths and bigger issues at play.
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