![]() Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamun Pike, Richard E. It’s a summer that Felix, Oliver, and the family will never forget. They strike up an unlikely friendship, and after Oliver receives some bad family news, Felix hints him to his family estate, Saltburn, for summer break. He’s played by Jacob Elordi who is also currently starring in Priscilla. That is until he meets the handsome and charming Felix who everyone seems to have a crush on. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver, a new transplant to Oxford University who is quickly made to feel like an outcast. Her new film, Saltburn, has the same bite and is a wild ride. Writer/director Emerald Fennell won an Oscar for her film Promising Young Woman. If you’re looking for that a relatable rom-com about all those what-ifts we tell ourselves about past relationships, What Happens Later should fit the bill nicely. Meg Ryan dedicates the film to her longtime friend and former collaborator Nora Ephron. There’s an intimacy and connection between them like you would expect in the play. You’ll notice some nice long takes where the camera sits on them without cutting away too much. Meg Ryan takes a gentle approach behind the camera but trusting herself and Duchovny to carry the film. You can feel the easiness between the two actors, which makes the film work. It escalates quickly into the negative spaces between them, but there’s plenty of levity in between the arguments. That history gets explored with big reveals in the second half. David Duchovny and Meg Ryan’s chemistry together is very easy and believable as one-time lovers who were torn away. A film like this doesn’t need to do anything new as long as you have two leads that can sell the material, and Ryan and Duchovny do just that. What Happens Later doesn’t try to reinvent the rom-com genre, per say, but there’s a different angle here with them being old flames reconnecting in that magical in between place like the airport. Yes, there are other passengers we see fluttering about the airport, but the only other character is the voice of a gate agent whose treated more like a heavenly spirit or voice of conscience type presence telling them to “look up” “hustle” and other nudges like that unrelated to airport gate protocols. ![]() Meg Ryan shares writing credits with playwright Steven Dietz and Kirk Lynn and they’ve kept the intimacy of the play in tact with keeping this a two-person story. The film becomes a back and forth between two exes, as they drudge up the past, what went wrong, and all the what-ifs in between. Both find themselves stuck at the airport after flights are grounded due to the heavy storms. They were once lovers and haven’t seen each other in decades. ![]() Ryan’s character, Willa Davis is stuck at a small regional airport due to heavy storms. She directed and co-wrote the film which is based on a play “Shooting Star” by Steven Dietz. Meg Ryan is both in front of the camera and behind the camera with What Happens Later. She was the queen of rom-coms and makes a welcome return to the genre with What Happens Later. We haven’t seen Meg Ryan on the big screen in eight years. Paul McGuire Grimes, creator of Paul’s Trip to the Movies, chats with Meg Ryan and David Duchovny about their new movie “What Happens Later.” ![]()
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