“Which Brings Me to You” is being marketed as a romantic comedy, and it even opens with subgenre touches, including a cover of the song, “It Had to Be You,” and initial character interactions that promise a wily ride of confessions and warming feelings to come. And yet, the film doesn’t retain such liveliness, taking a slow ride into darker areas of behavior and experience. It’s an odd picture, an adaptation of a 2005 book by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggot, which used letter writing as a way to prolong communication needs between the main players. The tech has been updated some, but director Peter Hutchings (“Then Came You,” “The Hating Game”) can’t nail the delicate tonal balance involved with “Which Brings Me to You,” resulting in an uneven viewing event that can’t land elements of comedy and feels insincere with developing tenderness, making for a dull sit. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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