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Shannon's Movie Picks: Always Be My Maybe Review

Okay now for the long awaited review of Netflix's original movie starring and written by Randall Park and Ali Wong... which also features a small but memorable cameo.

And it starts off really cute with our main characters- Marcus and Sasha as kids. They are best friends- Sasha's parents leave her home alone a lot and Marcus kind of just invited her to join their family and she cooked with Marcus' mom. The two stay best friends all growing up... and when they are teenagers, his mother dies and it really affects both of them. Sasha tries to comfort Marcus and herself by having sex with him... and then the two have a fight and they stop speaking to each other for several years.

When they do reconnect, Marcus is fixing the air conditioning in Sasha's new house or apartment in San Fransisco- their hometown- for a new restaurant Sasha is opening. Sasha is engaged- but in an open relationship kind of sort of...more or less on the edge of a breakup with her fiance and she is a celebrity chef. Marcus is working with his dad repairing air conditioning and in a good band that he's afraid to kind of get bigger with because he doesn't want to leave San Fransisco or his father.

I love that this movie takes place in San Fransisco. I've never been to San Fransisco myself... I'd love to go... but I feel like that's the type of city a story like this would work in. It's big and there are lots of great restaurants and things to do... but it's also a place where 2 kids that live next door to each other can fall in love. Plus they can meet celebrities... like Keanu Reeves.

Keanu Reeves is also super funny in this movie too. He has a small cameo- but it's very funny. It was funny to see him as the "Bad Guy" in this movie... especially since he's such a good guy in real life from what it seems.

The chemistry between Sasha and Marcus was really great... both in the older versions and them as kids. It just seems like they've loved each other their whole lives... and even when the two are fighting and not talking to each other- you can see they still love each other. It takes no time for them to become friends again and when they are "broken up" they both clearly think of each other a lot and you can see how much they love each other genuinely. It is really quite beautiful.

Overall... this is just a really funny and cute movie... I highly recommend you guys check it out. One of my favorites of the Netflix originals. I love it! Definitely a fun date night movie, a girls night movie... or even a good one to watch by yourself!

Bye!
-Shannon

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