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Voicemails for Isabelle review
Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson stumble in this mushy, overlong story of a woman leaving voicemails for her dead sister
TL;DR
- The film's premise involves a stranger using voicemails left for a deceased sister to meet and pursue the woman who left them.
- The director attempts to acknowledge the unsettling nature of the plot with self-referential jokes and modern dating buzzwords.
- Despite its glossy appearance and nods to rom-com tropes, the film lacks charm and fails to make the creepy elements less uneasy.
- The movie is compared unfavorably to 'Love Again' and criticized for its predictable plot and reliance on a lazy montage.
- Lead actress Zoey Deutch struggles to find a center for her character, and Nick Robinson's performance is indistinctive.
- The film's length and its contradictory attempts to downplay romance while resorting to a cliché ending are highlighted as weaknesses.