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My DNA Says I Love You: But Do You? |
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Written by Winnie Choo
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The seriously questionable scientific basis of the movie notwithstanding, My DNA Says I Love You is a pleasant romantic comedy.
Set in a hypothetical future where people can tweak their DNA composition by taking complex and ludicrous assortments of medication to negate their seemingly arbitrary personality traits, this movie is off to a quirky start.
In any case, this is the basis of the plot. Different pills are invented in time for our heroine to take an entire host of them, surreptitiously and against her better judgment, in the questionable name of love.
Alas, her oral ingestion of pills only amounts to comic-inducing but disappointing outcomes. Again, if you go in expecting nothing beyond getting entertained, you'd find the movie worth your while.
The movie's lightweight plot is interspersed with comic droll bits that are thankfully not overly exaggerated, which is testament to the adept casting of the roles.
If you are a science geek, you may even be amused in spotting scientific faux pas, such as the very uncharacteristic 'fungi' that throb, burst into bloom in seconds, and affix themselves to human skin. Actually, you don't even need to know science to find that odd.
With genetic manipulation as its main premise, the movie deals somewhat superficially but poignantly with issues of identity: whether we should be identified by our genetic makeup and what we risk if we change too much of ourselves for those whom we love. But don't expect something along the lines of Gattaca, or Brave New World.
It is, after all, aptly titled: My DNA Says I Love You, which is a clearly facetious and tongue in cheek indicator of the direction of the storyline.
A resolution is provided at the end of the movie for these issues. Unsurprisingly though, the solution presented is in a simplistic, overly generalized form of a pill and is non-deterministic. While the pill promises to resolve the identity problems, it creates other new sneakier problems in the place of the old ones.
Despite the fluffy plot of this romantic comedy, the movie still managed to command attention, with picture-perfect actors, settings of mood-matching color schemes, cute references to astrology, as well as a quaint finishing touch - characters with obsessively compulsive, yet delightful disorders, who just can't help being who they are. HOOKED
hooked's rating: 3/5
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