Plus One Reviews
A lack of originality is compensated for by charm and committed performances in this sweetly beguiling revamp of the Four Weddings formula.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2020
Erskine, with her earthy chuckle and precision-tooled comic timing, is the real discovery here. She's a smutty, sniggering joy in the role and I can't wait to see what she does next.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2020
A love story with its heart in the right place.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2020
A formulaic mashup of Four Weddings and a Funeral and My Best Friend's Wedding.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2020
Going for low-key laughs rather than massive lols, 'Plus One' leans on the likeability of its leads, who have convincing enough chemistry and make for a breezy enough 90 minutes.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 30, 2020
Therein lies the brilliance of Plus One: All of this feels like it's really happening.
| Jun 21, 2019
Erskine and Quaid enjoy a decent chemistry...their rapport is amusing, but never precious in a cringe-inducing way. "Plus One" is a high-concept indie rom-com...but it's enjoyable because it embraces those conventions like a comfortable old shirt.
| Jun 17, 2019
Plus One is the best rom-com you haven't heard of.
| Jun 15, 2019
This isn't a romantic comedy where one kiss sends the couple off into happily ever after. It's one that's genuinely interested in the meaty, messy, high-stakes experience of falling for someone and starting a relationship with them.
| Jun 14, 2019
Chan and Rhymer understand the essential weirdness of being an observer of someone else's emotional, life-changing event that happens to also be a big party.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 14, 2019
"Plus One" might be a romcom squarely from the dude's point of view, but Erskine is the real breakout star here. She's raunchy and funny, giving the film a loose, wild feeling in its best moments, though it's too often predictable in its larger beats.
| Jun 14, 2019
Incurable romantics seeking a fresh look at love contemporary-style could do a lot worse than Plus One.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 14, 2019
It takes some nerve to attempt a new spin on the wedding rom-com, but co-directors and writers Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer pull it off with the effervescent "Plus One."
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2019
It's been a long time since two actors have brought as much energy and life to rom-coms as Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine in Plus One.
| Jun 13, 2019
Will these two leads be able to outrun so many clichés? Erskine, a comic talent best known as a creator of the Hulu comedy series "Pen15," suggests that the answer is yes...
| Jun 13, 2019
For all the laughs involved - and there are many - the strength of this film is the way it tackles loneliness in wedding guests.
| Jun 12, 2019
The movie's real showcase gold lies in the magnetic appeal of screwball comedy natural Erskine; she's a major talent who rightly runs away with the movie, conjuring in the viewer's head a constellation of wishful star turns to come.
| Jun 12, 2019
Plus One isn't much more than consistently amusing and sweetly romantic, but in the right hands, those qualities can still feel like a lot.
| Original Score: B | Jun 10, 2019
Erskine has a force of personality - and whip-crack comedic timing - that energizes this superior brand of amorous adventure.
| May 1, 2019
More than gets by on the strength of its fundamentals: leads with crackling chemistry, crisper-than-average dialogue and a pair of directors who know how to stay out of the way.
| Apr 30, 2019