My Fake Boyfriend Review: Queer Rom-Com Is Just Okay (& That's A Good Thing)
When it comes to modern dating, romantic comedies have tackled it from just about every angle. From Tinder meet-cutes to chance meetings in Ubers and catfishing on social media, the 21st-century dating landscape is just as tumultuous (if not more) than when computers didn't exist. Prime Video's My Fake Boyfriend tackles catfishing of sorts, this time with a deepfake, and it's an interesting enough take on a tried and true premise. With some laughs, enough heart, and a sweet lead performance from Love, Simon's Keiynan Lonsdale, My Fake Boyfriend proves that not all romantic comedies need to change up some predetermined formula. While it pulls some punches, Lonsdale — along with co-stars Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) and Dylan Sprouse (After We Collided) — carries this love story, even if it spends a little too much time focused on its outlandish premise and not enough time exploring the actual romance.
My Fake Boyfriend follows Lonsdale's Andrew, a stuntman on a cheesy soap opera who is in an on-again-off-again relationship with its star, Nico (Marcus Rosner). His friends, Jake (Sprouse) and Kelly (Hyland), have had enough of their constant breakups, leading Jake to create a fake online boyfriend that could make Nico jealous and help Andrew move on. When this fake boyfriend, named Cristiano after the international football star, becomes a social media sensation, things get complicated, especially when Andrew begins falling for a real person. Rafi (Samer Salem) is a cooking instructor and restaurant owner and, when Andrew finds himself falling for him, he must navigate both his fake boyfriend and Nico's repeated attempts to win him back.
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