'I Want You Back' Star Jenny Slate, Charlie Day on Recreating Throwback Magic for Amazon Prime's Rom-Com
After Nora Ephron set the bar for romantic comedies in the late '80s and early '90s with her layered and witty films, the genre hasn't seen anything as close to such realistic offerings until now. Releasing exclusively on Amazon Prime just ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 11, the streaming platform's newest rom-com I Want You Back plays to the old-school magic of romantic comedies — something the film's stars Jenny Slate and Charlie Day tell PopCulture.com host Tania Hussain exclusively they were most excited about.
"To me, it felt like a throwback to the romcoms that I really, really loved that had really good acting in them. And it was exciting to see something real like this," Slate told PopCulture of the Jason Orley-directed film that finds two total strangers Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day) bonding after being unexpectedly dumped by their partners played by Scott Eastwood and Gina Rodriguez, respectively. Terrified they've lost their shot at a happily ever after and horrified to start over, the broken-hearted pair plot to win their exes back with each other's help, no matter the cost.
