Something from Tiffany’s Review: Cleverly Built Around A Combination Of Misunderstandings, Mistakes and Misadventures

Cast: Zoey Deutch, Kendrick Sampson, Ray Nicholson, Shay Mitchell, Leah Jeffries, Jojo T. Gibbs, Javicia Leslie, Chido Nwokocha

Director: Daryl Wein

Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Filmyhype.com Ratings: 3.5/5 (three and a half stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

Based on Melissa Hill’s novel Something from Tiffany’s of the same name and available on Prime Video from December 9, Something from Tiffany’s is the Christmas-themed new entry on Amazon’s streaming platform. If you are a lover of the cult Serendipity – When love is magic, and you appreciated the recent release Your Christmas or mine? then you will give this film starring Zoey Deutch and Kendrick Sampson a shot.

As we will see in our review of Something from Tiffany’s, while certainly not representing something new in the panorama of Christmas films, the film directed by Daryl Wein boasts an interesting premise and a well-built plot around a combination of misunderstandings and misadventures. Zoey Deutch’s performance and its short duration contribute to the success of a film that is sometimes lacking in jokes but pleasant to watch.

Something from Tiffany’s Review: The Story

New York. In the famous Tiffany jewelry store, Ethan (Kendrick Sampson) is choosing, together with his daughter Daisy (Leah Jeffries), an engagement ring to propose to his partner Vanessa (Shay Mitchell), returning from a vacation in Hawaii. At the same time, in the same shop, Gary (Ray Nicholson) is looking for an anniversary gift for his girlfriend Rachel (Zoey Deutch). Out of Tiffany’s, however, Gary is hit by a taxi and Ethan runs to help him. Meanwhile, Rachel, intent on preparing for their anniversary, receives a call from the ER that Gary has been taken to the hospital with a concussion and some memory lapses. Meanwhile, Ethan, still worried about the fate of the man he saw invested under his own eyes, decides to go to the hospital to make sure Gary is okay.

Here he meets Rachel with whom he has a chat; the woman then, to repay her interest, invites him to the bakery that he manages for a lunch offered. The same evening, the man shows up at Rachel’s business and, seeing her in difficulty due to her large clientele, decides to give her a hand behind her counter. Thus, an evident feeling is born between the two that will begin to question relative relationships he decides to give her a hand behind the counter. Thus, an evident feeling is born between the two that will begin to question relative relationships he decides to give her a hand behind the counter. Thus, an evident feeling is born between the two that will begin to question relative relationships.

The situation finally comes to a head on Christmas morning, when Gary gives Rachel his gift from Tiffany, which turns out to be the engagement ring bought by Ethan and exchanged during the car accident; the man, however, due to the concussion, thinks he bought it for his girlfriend. Vanessa, on the other hand, under the incredulous eyes of Ethan and Daisy, finds the pair of earrings bought by Gary in her hands.

Something from Tiffany’s Review and Analysis

Something from Tiffany’s certainly cannot be considered something new in the panorama of romantic Christmas films, but it certainly boasts an interesting premise and a plot expertly built around a combination of misunderstandings, mistakes and misadventures that will appeal to lovers of the cult Serendipity – When love is magic. An unexpected event – ​​or the magic of Christmas for the more romantic ones – unites two people destined to be together but already engaged with their companions.

Thus, we follow the stories of the two protagonists who, slowly, understand that they are not in the right relationship for them, especially when an important issue such as marriage emerges. The story, in itself quite improbable but perfectly adhering to the stereotypes of the genre is developed by the director with extreme intelligence, showing us the realistic developments – especially in the way the characters in the game relate – of an absurd misunderstanding. In this sense, therefore, Something from Tiffany’s turns out to be a Christmas comedy linked to clichés but with a well-designed narrative development and a duration (87 minutes) that does not allow the viewer to get bored.

Although it is a holiday film, there aren’t very many elements that make Something from Tiffany’s a real Christmas film: among these, there is only the setting (actually superfluous and irrelevant in the plot) precisely during the holidays and…a widowed father. Yes, you read that right, and, reflecting on it for a moment, you will realize that the single dad – even better if a widower – represents one of the maximum stereotypes of Christmas films. From classics such as Love doesn’t go on vacation and In the shoes of a princess to films released this year such as Falling for Christmas, Christmas with you or Your Christmas or mine? There are so many Christmas comedies that try – and succeed – to win the hearts of viewers with single fathers who have lost their wives, possibly with dependent minors. This a somewhat annoying stereotype if we think that, probably, a woman left alone raising her offspring and running the house would not evoke the same tenderness, as she is considered more “normal”. A cliché, Christmas or otherwise, that we should start to get rid of.

Zoey Deutch and Kendrick Simpson possess a natural chemistry that bonds them from the first meeting of their characters. Although Rachel and Ethan don’t have very many minutes together on the screen the fatal attraction between the two is immediately perceived, a call that both initially try to resist but which emerges from the magnetic gazes and awkward gestures. In this slow-cooking relationship, it is certainly Dutch’s performance that shines, bringing verve and irony to the film directed by Daryl Wein, but also a lot of tenderness and reviving the fortunes of a well-thought-out film lacking in jokes. Too bad also for the companions of the two protagonists – played by Ray Nicholson and Shay Mitchell – who represent only two caricatures of which feelings and desires are not very clear. Apt, however,

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Something from Tiffany’s is a Christmas film that, while certainly not representing something innovative in the panorama of the genre, boasts an interesting premise and a plot cleverly built around a combination of misunderstandings, mistakes and misadventures. Zoey Deutch’s performance and its short duration contribute to the success of a film that is sometimes lacking in jokes but pleasant to watch.