The story isn't the issue. If you're watching it, you should already expect the typical RomCom formula. It's why they are such dependable, feel good movies we go to to have a nice couple of hours of gushy, by the book romance.
The issue starts in the script and execution. We are told about Tom and Hannah's friendship, but never see it. The characters blurt out forced lines to let us know how they know each other and their likes and dislikes. He knows how she likes her food and she listens to his stories about his one night stands, and they spend one day, not talking to each other, but telling the audience that they have this great friendship that we don't get to see, just hear about. Then she leaves and he tries to recreate all these moment he had with her in that one day with his dates, and I suppose this is meant to be enough for us to believe that he deserves her. There's a montage of them missing each other but we never get to feel why they do. The second half of the film is a series of tricks and lies and attempts to sabotage her wedding. I won't complain and say, he should just talk to her, because... again, romcoms are meant to stretch things out, otherwise there's not story. The issue is, by the third act I felt like I was left to wonder why I was meant to root for them when I hadn't seen a genuine moment between them. Tom has more deeper heartfelt moments with his dad than he did with Hannah. It's a cute story but directors should depend less time on expositional moments and just more genuine ones.
The issue starts in the script and execution. We are told about Tom and Hannah's friendship, but never see it. The characters blurt out forced lines to let us know how they know each other and their likes and dislikes. He knows how she likes her food and she listens to his stories about his one night stands, and they spend one day, not talking to each other, but telling the audience that they have this great friendship that we don't get to see, just hear about. Then she leaves and he tries to recreate all these moment he had with her in that one day with his dates, and I suppose this is meant to be enough for us to believe that he deserves her. There's a montage of them missing each other but we never get to feel why they do. The second half of the film is a series of tricks and lies and attempts to sabotage her wedding. I won't complain and say, he should just talk to her, because... again, romcoms are meant to stretch things out, otherwise there's not story. The issue is, by the third act I felt like I was left to wonder why I was meant to root for them when I hadn't seen a genuine moment between them. Tom has more deeper heartfelt moments with his dad than he did with Hannah. It's a cute story but directors should depend less time on expositional moments and just more genuine ones.