How to Date Billy Walsh

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How to Date Billy Walsh

2024

1h 40m

Romance

Comedy

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Teenagers Amelia and Archie have been best friends since childhood. Archie has always been there to fight Amelia’s battles and laugh at her jokes all whilst keeping his lifelong love for her a secret. Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls head over heels for Billy Walsh, the new American transfer student. Heartbroken Archie goes to great lengths to try and keep Amelia and Billy away from each other but ends up pushing them closer together and risks losing his best friend in the process.

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Adrian Horton

Guardian

Even with diminished expectations, it grates.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 4, 2024

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Archi Sengupta

LeisureByte.com

Although unmemorable plot-wise, it is Sebastian Croft and Charithra Chandran who make a dent in your heart with their sincere and youthful portrayal of their characters in this YA romance film.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 4, 2024

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

This fusion of tropes and ideas already seen in series like Sex Education, Never Have I Ever, and Heartstopper never gels despite its two promising leads.

Apr 17, 2024

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

Through the mess, only the likeable Chandran retains her dignity.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 12, 2024

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

The central characters are meant to be someone viewers can root for, but it is hard to feel anything towards Archie because there’s nothing special about him.

Apr 11, 2024

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Natasha Alvar

Cultured Vultures

How to Date Billy Walsh attempts to be this generation's answer to John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful. It doesn't succeed, but it does entertain in a superficial way.

Rated: 6/10

Apr 10, 2024

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Zoe H

I don't mind the stylized, almost music-video vibe of the film, I think it's kind of fun and even appropriate for the subject matter (teen melodrama). What bugs me about this is that it gets *close* to real lessons or real stakes for the characters emotionally, but it backs off from direct consequences in a strange way. For example (spoilers) Millie flubs her first date with Billy by being a giant butt, and instead of apologizing for her bad behavior and maybe explaining that she took some bad advice because she was nervous, she... announces over the intercom that she pooped on the side of the road once and that her mom died. And that works, somehow. Similarly, Archie massively betrayed Millie by pretending to be the Love Doctor and instead of resolving that by talking it through with her directly, he... compares everyone in his class to stars and says he won't stand in her way again. And that also works. I know some people think this is satire but like, is this supposed to be part of the satire? Am I the one not getting it here? It feels like it would be a quick re-write to just have the characters actually acknowledge and learn from their mistakes instead of using public humiliation as some kind of sacrificial lamb-payment for those mistakes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/13/25

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Audience Member

This movie is God awful💀 cast wasn't BAD but the script and set of the movie was horrible. Me and my cousin decided to watch it and it was so damn cringy and weird. It's like they took inspo from Never Have I Ever and made it into a terrible British film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/25

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Tony D

Awful. Looks beautiful, talented cast. Everybody trying too hard, with a truly deplorable script and plot. Just one cliché after another. And the constant breaking the fourth wall just doesn't work.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Bella B

I love the main actress, she is so slay, but this movie is absolute dog water garbage. I love cheesy rom coms but the tropes and the way the best friend treats her, I can’t. Billy was a decent guy, I didn’t even want to watch to the end it was so garbage.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Chinu D

It’s a really good movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Marc M

I loved it for what it is. A silly rom.com. It was a very nice and enjoyable watch, it’s not supposed to be supper serious movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Synopsis

Teenagers Amelia and Archie have been best friends since childhood. Archie has always been there to fight Amelia’s battles and laugh at her jokes all whilst keeping his lifelong love for her a secret. Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, Amelia falls head over heels for Billy Walsh, the new American transfer student. Heartbroken Archie goes to great lengths to try and keep Amelia and Billy away from each other but ends up pushing them closer together and risks losing his best friend in the process.

Director: Alex Pillai
Producer: Matt Williams
Screenwriter: Alexander J. Farrell, Greer Ellison
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Future Artists Entertainment
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2024
Runtime: 1h 40m

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