Film Review – Baggage Claim

To learn that “Baggage Claim” is based on a book is quite surprising.
There’s nothing in the feature that even remotely hints at any literary
inspiration, with most of the movie devoted to the romantic comedy
formula, hitting the same beats of flirtation and separation viewed in
thousands of pictures. Adapting his own novel for the screen,
writer/director David E. Talbert (“First Sunday”) plays the material in a
most obvious manner, hoping to achieve a little old-style Hollywood
glow, yet story certainly isn’t the effort’s strong suit, with “Baggage
Claim” more convincing with silliness than meaningful characterization.
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