The Broken Hearts Gallery

Currently in cinema’s.

Written and directed by Natalie Krinsky and starring Geraldine Viswanathan, The Broken Hearts Gallery is a nuts and bolts romcom about Lucy (Viswanathan) who is an assistant gallery manager with a habit of collecting mementos from her previous relationships. After a bad day at work she meets Nick (Dacre Montgomery) who is opening a boutique hotel and decides to use her collection of memories to start an art installation to help the hotel get on its feet.

The art installation inspires others to share their memories and it becomes a cathartic experience for a wide range of people.

The Broken Hearts Gallery does not surprise and plays out exactly as you’d imagine, cutsie, predictable and nothing more than fluffy, good hearted and disposable fun. But you know what? There is nothing wrong with cinema giving us just that especially now.

It does what it sets out to do really well, Viswanathan is watchable and engaging as Lucy, Montgomery provides a likeable love interest and Molly Gordon and Philippa Soo are entertaining as her friends. While the story plays out just as you’d expect, the premise is neatly thought out and delivers a positive message with a particularly touching scene in the final act that reveals why she collects the things she does.

The Broken Hearts Gallery won’t live long in the memory, but while in its company it is funny, touching and heartfelt and a more than pleasant way to spend 100 minutes.