Take a well-treaded trope and pair it with the acting stylings of Sydney Sweeney and you have yourself a hit. Such is the bedrock for the film Anyone But You starring Hollywood’s darling opposite Top Gun: Maverick’s Glen Powell.
Loosely adapted from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing, the film capitalizes on the chemistry between its two leads. Sweeney plays Bea, an ex-law student who is dismayed to find an old fling, Ben (Powell), is going to the same destination wedding she is in Sydney, Australia. The two had sparks on their first date but, thanks to some miscommunication, have abandoned their romantic prospects.
The film follows typical tropes in many romantic comedies that push the two leads together. Attempting to make Ben’s ex Margaret (Charlee Fraser) jealous, the two pretend to be together only to develop real feelings for one another. One thing leads to another, and the provocative Anyone But You culminates in a classic coming together of two souls.
Releasing the vastly different films Madame Web and Anyone But You in the span of a few months and appearing on hit shows like The White Lotus and The Handmaid’s Tale, Sweeney more than proven her versatility. With Anyone But You continuing to demonstrate her meteoric rise as a movie and TV star, fans are understandably eager to know when they’ll be able to see Sweeney further shine on streaming.
Is Anyone But You on Netflix?
Anyone But You has been available to stream on VOD for some time and viewers now have the opportunity to watch it on their favorite subscription platform, Netflix! The film was a surprise success at the box office and ultimately did over $200 million globally, a nice surprise in the world of streaming. Theater distributors picked up the movie when it could have easily aired on a streaming platform only to be forgotten. Sweeney expressed her excitement to Variety about the theatrical run.
“I love the entire experience of going to a theater. I love getting your popcorn and your candy, having your group of friends. And I also like that you have to put away your phone. You have to actually live in the moment and live in that world. We are all subjected to watching stuff on our computers or our TV, and we can do multiple things at the same time without really immersing ourselves into this world, letting the outside world shut off.”
Now that Anyone But You is available to stream on Netflix, a whole swarm of new viewers are likely to be taking the film in for the first time as it inevitably slides into the platform’s Top 10. While many will see the film as a standalone yaasterpiece, avid Shakespeare fans will appreciate its allusions to the source material while also admiring the chemistry between its two leads. It’s certainly another cap in Sweeney’s already decorated cap, and not a bad entry for Powell, either.
