Deborah Ross

Cooking up a rom-com

The Rebound<br /> 15, Nationwide

issue 24 July 2010

The Rebound
15, Nationwide

Here is my recipe for making your very own lame rom-com. It is a good recipe and a sound recipe but you will need to follow it to the letter — for example, never ever add fully rounded, believable characters — should you wish to make a film like The Rebound, as well as so many others. This recipe can serve an entire Odeon at one sitting and, astonishingly and depressingly, will probably even make money at the box office, even though the best accompaniments are boredom and ennui. 

Ingredients: A woman; a man; a few secondary characters (don’t worry too much about these. Simply buy some cardboard from Ryman or wherever and cut them out); a kiss in the snow; a contrived obstacle to love; dots; pen; a wondrously pathetic script; a happy ending.

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