My Fault: London Review: Stupid Once More

In this Prime Video film, after Noah’s mother Ella falls for the very wealthy William, the mother-daughter duo moves from America to London to stay in William’s huge estate. However, apart from the change in living situation, she wasn’t ready for her stepbrother Nick. Their initial frigid meeting turns into something more as they get to know each other but Noah’s estranged father poses a sudden risk to everything she has worked for.

The British romantic-drama film has a runtime of 119 minutes and is an adaptation of the 2023 Spanish Prime Video film My Fault, which is based on Culpa mía by Mercedes Ron.

My Fault: London Review

Last week, I watched Mrs, the Hindi adaptation of The Great Indian Kitchen — an important and impactful story that should be seen by as many people as possible. It’s not only an entertaining and engaging story, but also one with a very important and tight message. Adaptation into mainstream languages is, thus, nothing new for most of us viewers, it just makes sense when the movie is a) good and b) not trash. Unfortunately for My Fault: London, I can’t justify the point of its existence.

It follows the exact same story as the original, as expected. The problem though is that the original’s story is not only nonsensical but also quite disturbing and cringy. Noah moves to London with her mother after the latter marries a British millionaire and falls for her stepbrother. Because of course, she does. Because going to a gala is a normal thing in this world and sleeping with your new brother is as well.

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The new stepfather in this movie is played by Ray Fearon (who played Hot Misogynist in Fleabag, and I refuse to remember him as anyone else) and his relationship with Eve Macklin’s Ella is almost nonexistent and forgettable. Anyway, this movie isn’t even about that. It’s a showcase of two very good-looking teenagers trying to get it on in their home, which they share, and realising that it’s better to be friends with your stepsiblings than make them an enemy. It’s mostly about these two people making out and then some because let’s face it, this plot is something we have seen in Twilight or the Fifty Shades series in one way or another.

Let’s talk about Noah. Actually, again, there’s nothing new about Noah. She’s Bella in more ways than one, complete with the “I don’t wear heels” archetype. Nick is equally unpalatable and one-dimensional. He’s the hot rich kid who’s spoilt beyond compare. Oh wait, no no — he’s not spoilt. He sold his company at 17. Of course, he’s soft only for Noah, because why not? There’s not a lot of sexual tension between the two, but I will say that it’s acted better than the original.

Listen, I like watching fun YA movies as a guilty pleasure. But this is without any real depth or logic that it’s not even worth the “guilty pleasure” tag. There is a fun car chase which is entertaining in a way, but then again, there’s so little that the movie has to offer. The background score is very plain and forgettable and adds nothing to the film.

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Final Thoughts

My Fault: London is a silly, unnecessary remake that adds nothing, takes nothing and does nothing. Granted, the original was terrible so really, whose fault is it if we expect anything from it?

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