Dating Amber (★★★☆☆).It may be better to call it a “staying in the closet” story, considering that’s more how the film plays out, and where the script and deft editing really locate the comedy in Amber and Eddie’s incongruous romance.Feeling the eyes of the whole teen world watching them, the pair gradually escalate their convenient fiction with awkward attempts to convince friends and family that they can’t keep their hands off each other.While Fionn O’Shea, star of the 2016 coming-out drama Handsome Devil, mostly lets his puppy-dog baby blues do Eddie’s talking for him, Lola Petticrew unleashes a comedic spark that brightens every scene.
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