Sometimes the worst enemies make the best friends. April (screenwriter Hannah Marks) could just as easily have pretended she was not Nick’s (Dylan Sprouse) ex and deleted Clara’s (Liana Liberato, liberating a gift for light comedy) phone number when the two came face-to-face at a party. But it turns out April is in-tune with Clara, and enjoys spending time in her company more than she does with the class stud who she still has a thing for. They could ditch Nick and sleep together, but why run the risk of ruining a good friendship, not to mention the outcome of this winsome romantic comedy? Marks’ semi-autobiographical script, co-written by her After Everything director Joey Power, is caustic enough to earn an R rating without falling prey to gross-out humor or the cheap coincidence frequently found in teen comedies. Completed in 2018, it played the festival circuit and has at last been deemed fit for movie lovers. A complaint: at 88 minutes, one could easily have withstood another half-hour spent in the company of these characters. (2018) — Scott Marks
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