The Wrong Paris is a cute, incredibly predictable romantic comedy that unfortunately crumbles the more time we have with these characters. 

 

The film takes place primarily on a reality dating competition, where the show promises in the title to take the cast to Paris. Yet in sneaky TV producer fashion, they trick the contestants into going to the wrong Paris. 

 

Miranda Cosgrove in comparison to her previous Netflix affiliated role for Mother of the Bride, really comes into her own here. She’s subtle, properly emotional considering the situation and is taking the situation in a relatively authentic fashion. This shows she might have range outside of her animated and Nickelodeon days. 

 

Cosgrove is understandably bitter considering the trickster nature of what happened to her, locked into a contract that only allows her to leave the show she signed up for if the male lead dumps her. While I may have just moments ago praised her performance, there are scenes and scenarios that can come off a bit over the top and unnatural - just for the sake of attempted comedy. When Cosgrove is allowing the situation to soak in and gain a connection with the male lead, things get authentically steamy (and cheesy).  

 

Her connection with bachelor / cowboy / rancher Trey played by Pierson Fode is surprisingly natural and relatable to experiences we’ve all witnessed on reality television throughout the years. Fode has a country twang to his voice that upon first watch had a very McConaughey scope to it - in his heydays of romcoms galore. 

 

The other women in the house are just cannon fodder, all the contestants in the background hardly getting a chance to say a word are obvious removals from the show. This makes there be a core group that makes the traditional recouplings have no stakes as everyone with a personality present is going to stay. 

 

With recency bias of such shows as Farmer Wants A Wife, this plot of having a Rancher wanting a wife, seems pretty on point in today’s television climate. The story is cute and incredibly predictable - we’ve seen it all before both in fiction and in reality shows across our lifetime. Backstabbing, wrongful reasons to be there, fame gouging - the film starts off relatively strong. 

 

Sadly it’s when secrets are revealed and things begin to move haphazardly toward their awkward conclusion that things fall apart. The ending is frustrating to put it lightly, removing any reality to the reality competition side of things and also including an excessive amount of crew presence on screen at all times. It goes against all logic how the film concludes and the fact that it’s a celebrated ending that is quote “going to get them the Emmy” is hilarious, because this show in reality would be cancelled before even hitting the airwaves.