Uthando olutsha ubeke kwiscreen ubudlelwane obungenanto intsha, kodwa ufumene ukukhanya okutsha kule minyaka idlulileyo: Iintsana ezineswekile. Kwiminyaka yemali mboleko ephezulu kakhulu kwikholeji, ukungaqiniseki kwezoqoqosho, kunye nenkululeko kwezesondo, umntwana oneswekile uya esiba ngumdla wokufuna ukwazi nokuba nomdla. Amantombazana amancinci afumana izipho kunye nemali kubantu abadala, abazizityebi ngexesha labo bavelise indawo zokuthandana, amanqaku amaninzi, kwaye ngoku, Uthando olutsha .
Kwifilimu malunga nesihloko esinomtsalane, nangona kunjalo, ifilimu ayizukisi okanye idemon iswekile yomntwana. Umlingisi wethu ophambili, uBlake (uJessica Barden), yikholeji ephezulu edidekile yiTinder yokubonana, isimilo seminyaka eliwaka esihamba ixesha lobomi bakhe sigcwele ukungaqiniseki, ityala lomfundi, kunye nomnqweno wokuthandana ku-Nora Ephron. Unokuba yiyo nayiphi na intombazana owaya kuyo kwikholeji yobugcisa yenkululeko, kwaye injalo loo nto.
UBlake ngumbhali wekholamu ongabelani ngesondo ekuqaleni kwefilimu. Emva kokudibana nomntwana afunda naye odlalwa nguCamila Mendes, uthatha isigqibo sokuba ngumntwana oneswekile kwaye abhale ngaso kwiphepha lesikolo. Uqala ubudlelwane beswekile kunye nonjingalwazi ogama linguIan (Timm Sharp). Ufumana i-moped entsha, imihla emnandi, kunye nothando, yile nto ayicelayo njengentlawulo.
Ngaphandle kwesibhengezo sakhe sokuqala sokuba uthando lufile, uBlake akanamsebenzi kwiinkalo ezininzi kwaye uyamdaka ngendlela ethembekileyo nenenyani. UJessica Barden unomtsalane omangalisayo, kunye nokunxibelelana kwakhe nabalingisi abaxhasayo beHayley Law, u-Avan Jogia, kunye noBrett Dier yindawo ephezulu ecacileyo.
Ukwala kwefilimu ukuwela kwi-tropey, eqaqambileyo, nebali lothando kunokukwenza ucinge ukuba le yinto ehlekisayo yokulwa nothando, kodwa oko akuvakali njengemishini kaCarly Stone. Iyahlala endaweni yokulindela, ukulangazelela, kunye neempazamo ezithi zenzeke ngenxa yoko. Ucinga ukuba eli libali lothando, kodwa njengoko ifilimu iqhubeka uyaqonda ukuba ngakumbi ngoBlake ngokwakhe.
Ifilimu igqityiwe nguBlake efunda iikholamu zakhe, ezibandakanya iikowuti ezifana ndicinga ukuba ungathetha kakhulu ngomntu ngendlela angena ngayo echibini. Ngelixa ndingamfumani uBlake obalaseleyo ekubhaleni, andazi ukuba eso sisigwebo esifanelekileyo kuba ifilimu ayimpeyinti njengegunya-elizimeleyo okanye ngenye indlela. Ufumana ukunconywa, kodwa akukho namnye umntu ombambayo emagxeni amxelele ukuba ungoyena Mbhali uMangalisayo Owake Waphila (umzekelo odinisayo kakhulu kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya). Eli phephandaba lelinye lezizathu eziphambili zikaBlake-ude afake isicelo sesibonelelo ngaxa lithile-kodwa kunqabile ukuba azive ngathi yinto ayithandayo kakhulu. Ngapha koko, kukho ukungangqinelani okungapheliyo ku-Blake ngaphandle kothando oluchaza isimilo ngo-Nora Ephron-esque romance kunye nomsebenzi onzima. Ngaba ufuna eyakhe inkohliso yokuthandana ibe libali lokwenyani lokwenyani? Ngaba uyafuna ukuba yintombazana epholileyo enokuthi ikhuphe iswekile-yokuncancisa ngaphandle kokukhathazeka? Ngaba uyafuna ukuba yintatheli ephumeleleyo? Ngaba uyafuna ukuba ibali lephephandaba libe lelabo bendikuxokisile, kodwa ngoku ndiyathanda ukuba uceba inqaku? Sitshintsha phakathi kwezi ngcebiso kunye neengcebiso. Ekugqibeleni, sishiyeke malunga nokufikelela kwinjongo yokuphela kunenkcazo, ukukhwela-ungene-ekutshoneni kwelanga, konke-ukuphela-kokuphela-okubophelelweyo.
Ngelixa kuyinyani ebomini, olo lonwabo luba yinto engonelisiyo. Oko akutsho ukuba umboniso bhanyabhanya kufuneka uqinise izibonda-amandla aphezulu, ixabiso lokothuka, enye indlela yokulwa ngokwesondo (uElizabeth Wood Intombazana emhlophe ngandlela thile imithombo engqondweni) ayihambelani nale filimu. Kwaye ayisiyonto intle, i-wink-at-the-viewer tone ye-Netflix yakutshanje Cwangcisa . Ifilimu ikufumana ngempumelelo utyalomali kwibali likaBlake, kodwa iqala ukuthembela kwi-cliche ekugqibeleni. Isiphumo sihle nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yoko awukhathali konke oko.
Ngelixa ngokungathandabuzekiyo kufutshane nomsebenzi wesondo, olu luhlobo lokuza kweminyaka yobudala ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into. Ngelixa umbuzo wokuba ingaba umntwana oneswekile uyakulungela na ukuba ngumsebenzi wesondo uziswa ngokungaguquguqukiyo kuyo yonke ifilimu, kwaye uphikisiwe ngabalinganiswa abambalwa abohlukeneyo, umbuzo ophikisayo uphela uziva-mhlawumbi ungazi ngabom-uphelile. Ukuthambeka kwelitye kwindalo yentengiselwano kubudlelwane obuninzi, kodwa kugxile kwibali lomntu: akukho phando apha, intombazana nje elinga. Kungayinto entle ukuba nento ewukhalimela ngokucacileyo umbono wokuba umsebenzi wezokwabelana ngesondo yinto onokuthi uyiphathe ngokucekisekayo, kuba isidingo sokudibanisa ukwahlula phakathi kwabantwana abaneswekile kunye nohenyuzo luhlala luvela kumbono othoba isidima wabasebenzi bezesondo ekunokwenzeka ukuba zikhuphe.
Uthando olutsha kukuba, kwiinkalo ezininzi, ukuthandana endala ngaloo ndlela capital-R. Ukuzukiswa kwexesha elidlulileyo ekucingelwa ukuba kulahlekile. Umzobo ufuna uluvo olugqithisileyo, oluyinyani olushiya umntu ebethwe ngoyolo. Nokuba yena okanye iyelenqe alifikeleli kwinqanaba eliphantsi, kodwa ifilimu iyonwabisa kodwa.
Uthando olutsha iphumile kwiithiyetha zase-US namhlanje.
(umfanekiso: Ukuphakama kwemifanekiso)
