If the overall effect is a little basic and under-worked, this is still a heartfelt, honest film.

This is a film with big emotions and swoon-worthy wet hair moments, and it finds unexpected places in the subconscious to settle.

Ultimately, the revelation here is not so much Dolan's more contemplative approach to film-making, but the subtlety and sensitivity of his performance.

It's a return to his roots for Dolan, who generates plenty of conflict out of a tiny incident. The film wants to have its cake and eat it, too, though, by deploying the conventions of rom coms without doing the work