The Trouble with Romance, a movie written and directed by Gene Rhee, focuses its plot around four different couples each sharing a room in the same hotel. They aren't exactly the picture perfect couples however. Each relationship has some flaw in it, whether it be a hallucinogenic girlfriend or a bitter breakup. According to film critics however, the trouble just isn't with the romance, but also nearly every other aspect of the movie as well.
The only semi-positive review, giving the movie as score a 60 out of 100, was by Fred Camper from the Chicago Reader. Camper feels that while these short stories contained within the movie have a large amount of problems, they still provide some laughs and insights. He continues to summarize each part, also saying that the performances are convincing and that Rhee brings up some deep human flaws. He says the movie outlines the messiness of human affections, and that we really don't know what we want.
Immediately the reviews drop into the negative side with the next highest review being 20 out of 100. Elizabeth Weitzman from the Daily News calls this relationship dramedy amateurish at best, containing all the things you would rather skip in a late night cable drama. Moving from movie criticism to comments on the director, Weitzman says that while Rhee is clearly interested in sex, he also fears it, which is why the movie has a PG-13 rating. Weitzman doesn't have a problem with this if only the movie had some redeeming quality or interest factor.
The next review, giving a bad score of 12 out of 100 comes from V.A. Musetto of The New York Post. Musetto voices his disdain immediately by referencing a particularly gruesome part of the movie involving human excrement. He states that this scene is the lowest part of a movie with many low points, two of which are bad acting and a generic script. Musetto also comments on the lack of anything graphic in terms of sex other than just speaking about it. Overall Musetto feels the movie is just a waste of time and money.
Dropping a little to the score of 10 out of 100 is a review written by Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times. Calling the film an, "airless, fragmented" feature, stating that even just the opening scene leaves the viewer wondering if they should stick around. She continues her harsh criticism throughout the review, calling some segments pointless and also disgusting. Towards the end of her review she compares the movie with another similarly plotted one, Room 314. As opposed to the superior Room 314, The Trouble with Romance is, "visually stagnant and tonally bewildered."
Giving the film the worst score possible, a 0 out of 100, is John Anderson from Variety. Anderson clearly sees no redeeming qualities and feels it is just a terrible film. What he says cannot be stated any better, "Very little that anyone here says, or does, has the slightest connection to any known reality, and if a film is going to perform an autopsy on love, the corpse should at least be recognizable." His point is made clear in the very first sentence. This movie doesn't relate even in the slightest bit to love or reality.
The overall feelings for this movie are very clear. Even the best review says that there is little enjoyment to be had from viewing. Bad script, bad acting and overall ridiculous plotlines prevent this film from being anything near presentable.
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