A Romeo And Juliet-obsessed American third-grade teacher gets dumped by her boyfriend right before their planned romantic trip to Verona, but she decides to go alone, only to find a handsome muscular wine-rep Brit already installed in her holiday apartment via a double booking. This is clearly conventional rom-com territory, as their initial animosity and prank-sparring starts to give way to romantic feelings, national stereotypes are unleashed at every opportunity and the rom-com genre machinations are so formulaic that you could fast forward to the final quarter of an hour without missing any surprising. Nevertheless, it is all very pleasant and undemanding, tourist Italy looks lovely, and - thankfully, as most of the film is a two-hander set in the apartment - the two leads (also a couple in real life) both perform well, with Tom Hopper delivering the stoic Brit comedy effectively and a delightful performance from Kat Graham that elevates the material.
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