You, Me & Tuscany is the rare contemporary romantic comedy that’s getting a full-fledged theatrical release, rather than sticking to streaming, where the genre has experienced a revival in the 2020s. But despite going out in thousands of theaters nationwide before eventually turning up on Peacock, the Halle Bailey/Regé-Jean Page team-up feels inescapably like a post-streaming rom-com: It has two well-known faces at its center, combined in a way that seems slightly more algorithmic than chemical, flanked by a low-wattage supporting cast; it’s vaguely slick-looking but ultimately flatly shot; it’s not especially funny. And most noticeably, it’s too damn nice for its own good.
This might seem counterintuitive for a genre that is often regarded as pure comfort food, the cinematic equivalent of the Italian dishes that Brianna (Bailey) eventually cooks up at a folksy local Tuscan eatery – because of course she is a chef whose culinary education was
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