‘The Greatest Hits’ Review: Music Makes the Heart Go ’Round in Clunky Remix of Better Rom-Coms
variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic Music has an almost magical way of transporting us back to the moment in our lives when we heard it: the pop song that underscored your first kiss, the one that played at your graduation and so on.
In mopey, dopey YA weepie “The Greatest Hits,” writer-director Ned Benson takes that idea as literally as possible, treating specific tunes as triggers that launch Harriet (Lucy Boynton) back into her past, blowing her away — like that seated guy in the classic Maxell campaign — into the tragic former relationship with hunky Max (square-jawed future Superman, David Corenswet), who died in a car crash.
Sounds romantic, right? Actually, Harriet’s condition is kind of a drag, as she’d like to move on, but must now go through life wearing noise-cancelling headphones and curating playlists with only “safe” songs (those with zero nostalgic potential).
Music matters to Harriet, who worked in the industry — turns out Max was something of an indie rocker, while she mixed his album.
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