Squared Love All Over Again

Movie review by Barbara Shulgasser-Parker, Common Sense Media
Squared Love All Over Again movie poster: a woman and man look at each other lovingly

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Unnecessary sequel to terrible romcom has some language.

NR 2023 99 minutes
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  • Squared Love All Over Again: two lead actors look ahead ahead
  • Squared Love All Over Again Scene 2: man and woman stand out in a crowd
  • Squared Love All Over Again Scene 3: Man reads newspaper

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What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that, like its predecessor Squared Love, Squared Love All Over Again is another weak romantic comedy about a mild-mannered elementary school teacher who moonlighted as a glamorous and successful model. The premise is unbelievable and so is her relationship with a selfish male model who cheated on his last girlfriend/former boss and is therefore now out of a job. Language includes infrequent use of "f--k," "s--t," "damn," "hell," "bastard," "buttocks," and "ass." Alcohol is mentioned. Two men have a fight over a woman. Adults kiss. A children's game show judge harshly ridicules the kids on live television. In Polish with English subtitles.

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What's the Story?

SQUARED LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN begins with the assumption that the audience will remember the forgettable details of the 2021 prequel, Squared Love. In that feature, Monika (Adrianna Chlebicka), an elementary school teacher, secretly moonlights as a successful model to raise money for her dad's failing car shop. No one recognized her resemblance to the famous model somehow. She fell for Enzo (Mateusz Banasiuk), celebrity journalist/model and playboy. Enzo has dumped his girlfriend/powerful boss. As the action begins in the new film, happy couple Enzo and Monika return from a vacation, she dogged by fans and he not so much. She resumes her teaching job (no modeling mentioned) and he learns he can't get a job because his spurned lover has blackballed him from showbiz. He languishes away, couch potato-style, just as Monika is asked to co-host a children's talent show with Rafal (Mikolaj Roznwerski), another handsome jerk. She soon learns that Rafal and the show's producers are plotting to cheat the kids and drum up publicity by creating the illusion of a romance between the hosts. The show's widespread PR campaign makes Enzo jealous. Can Monika and Enzo get back on track?

Is It Any Good?

Squared Love All Over Again is a ham-handed, uninspired, dumb, graceless, amateur exercise, a crass effort to cash in on the success of Squared Love. The earlier movie, made by the same director with the same lead actors, was itself underwhelming and often ridiculous. Without a helpful recap of the previous film's unbelievable premise, the new film starts with people asking for Monika's autograph and we don't know why. She's still with Enzo, the egomaniacal celebrity journalist/male model, itself an unbelievable fact.

But there are plenty of unbelievable things here. A guy somehow sneaks past security at a network TV show, steals a camera, and secretly tapes and broadcasts a private conversation. A woman learns she's going to be late for dinner with her boyfriend and doesn't bother calling him because if she called him, as any normal person would, the plot wouldn't work. The filmmakers seem to forget parts of their own film. A girl suggests Enzo do a YouTube show to get around his blacklisted status. Great idea, says Enzo, and that's the last we hear of it. Don't waste your time on this mess.

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  • Families can talk about all the ways this story feels forced and slapped together. Does it make sense? How could it be improved?

  • When the plot depends on manufactured conflicts -- someone is going to be late but doesn't bother to make a quick call on her cellphone -- does it affect the audience's response? If yes, in what way?

  • Do you think it takes creativity to tell a story well? Does this movie demonstrate any creativity? What about this story works? What doesn't?

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