In the amiable comedy The Way You Look Tonight, Peter meets a woman through a dating app, but can’t find her again despite their connection and a torrid one-nighter. Still yearning for his mystery flame, he dates a series of women, but remains unfulfilled. Now, it’s hard to write about this movie without spoiling the hook, but let’s just say that he discovers that a group of people exist with a startling fictional condition.
Indeed, the two funniest sequences are when Peter finds out that he is the last human to find out about this condition and when he attends the support group for the afflicted (of COURSE they have one).
Nick Fink is appealing as Peter and the rest of the cast is uniformly excellent, especially the horde of actresses who play his dates.
Can someone get past appearance – age, race, body type – to connect with a soul mate? The Way You Look Tonight is actually a parable cloaked in a romantic comedy. This is the first feature for writer-director John Cerrito.
Cinequest hosts the world premiere of The Way You Look Tonight