THEY HATE EACH OTHER

A scheme between rivals to fake date doesn’t go as planned.

Jonah Collins and Dylan Ramírez have only two things in common: One, they can’t really stand each other, and two, they’re bisexual. The latter is enough for their friends to be obsessed with the idea of their getting together even though their public fights seem to be a prime source of entertainment in their small town. One night—during which Jonah gets drunk at a party at Dylan’s house and ends up staying over—is enough for everyone to believe that something has finally happened between them even though they literally only slept (even if it was in the same bed). In an attempt to get their friends off their backs, the boys come up with a plan to pretend to date so they can have a fake breakup, and their friends will be satisfied that they’ve at least tried. Although the story is enjoyable enough, the protagonists’ voices are almost indistinguishable, making it hard to figure out who’s who. Both of them have a lot more going on: Jonah has a tough home situation, and there is something mysterious and sensitive about Dylan’s brother, but the exploration of these subjects is lacking in depth. Jonah is White; Dylan’s Brazilian immigrant father is Afro-Latino, and his mother is Mexican American.

Entertaining but forgettable.