If you loved The Princess and the Matchmaker, try My Dear Desperado

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. My Dear Desperado has roughly 8.5× fewer votes than The Princess and the Matchmaker — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Princess and the Matchmaker, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What My Dear Desperado is

Some rom-coms are so aggressively cute they hurt. A pretend tough guy moves in next door and immediately locks horns with his foul-mouthed new neighbor. They loathe each other so efficiently it reads as foreplay.

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