My Fault: London Review: Not Quite Up To Par With Original
It’s hard not to compare a movie to its Spanish counterpart. Culpa Mia has been a huge hit for Prime Video. The success inspired the streaming service to take a chance with an English-language remake, My Fault: London.
Of course, fans of the Culpa Mia franchise know these movies start with Mercedes Ron’s book series. Culpa Mia , translated to My Fault, is an entertaining movie about step-siblings falling in love. The first film seems self-aware and blends comedy with melodrama.
The movie tackles serious issues, like childhood trauma, violence, and criminal activity, but somehow it doesn’t take itself too seriously. This makes it fun viewing.
However, the sequel Culpa Tuya, translated to You Fault, does the opposite. One is far more successful than the other. My Fault: London lands somewhere in the middle between highly entertaining and disaster.
Chemistry is always a key to the success of romantic movies. Even if you raise an eyebrow at the premise of Culpa Mia, Nicole Wallace and Gabriel Guevara’s undeniable chemistry makes it hard to look away.
Therefore, anyone stepping into the roles of Noah and Nick has big shoes to fill. Asha Banks and Matthew Broome must bring sizzling chemistry. They attempt it.
Banks and Broome eventually reach high levels of chemistry, but it’s not automatic. This is a major difference between My Fault: London and Culpa Mia. The original film makes Noah and Nick’s attraction instinctual and immediate.
The English-language remake makes it more gradual. We see some signs of initial attraction but it shines more as they get to know each other.
In Culpa Mia, their attraction is more animalistic. They cannot help how much they’re drawn to each other, which inspires their reckless behavior. In My Fault: London, Nick and Noah seem more logical and calculated with their decisions and moves.
It doesn’t feel preventable. However, this could be a cultural thing, the stereotypic reserved English versus stereotypic passionate Spaniards.
It also may make My Fault: London more believable. However, it’s not as fun because Nick and Noah are supposed to be illogical and irrational, and young and dumb. The London version of them shows signs of recklessness but not to the intoxicating extent that drives the original My Fault.
However, Nick and Noah develop a bond in the London edition that makes viewers investigate in their story. Both sets of couples have chemistry, but one delivers it in a way that grabs you from the start and maintains this intrigue.
In My Fault: London, you grow to care and believe in their unbreakable attraction. London Nick and Noah also feel more mature than their Spanish counterparts.
This partly goes against the purpose of My Fault. It’s all about recklessly being in love.
The two films are tonally quite different. My Fault: London is unmistakably a drama, with few comedic moments. This is fine. However, it could have worked better with more comedic undertones or moments throughout.
Even if you separate the movies, My Fault: London lacks.
It’s a standard drama with some twists and turns but none quite create suspense or thrill. Overall, it’s a bit of a flat attempt at everything. Nick and Noah’s romance is fine but not as instant, addictive, and sexy.
The storyline is standard with some attempts at being different, but too little time is spent on many of the key things, like the racing and Noah’s father, that they come off as an afterthought more than essential to the story.
My Fault: London is an okay movie but includes nothing to propel it ahead of its predecessor, or similar romantic dramas. However, it’s interesting enough that Prime Video should continue to cash in on this hit franchise by making the English-language versions of its two sequels.
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My Fault: London is available to stream on Prime Video.
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