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The acting was stiff and uncomfortable. The plot was predictable. Why did someone make this ? I feel like there was no heart in this. It was rushed, tacky and the main lead actress lacked basic skills. I would pass on this one.

I've seen a lot of bad movies, but this is a special kind of bad. It's a romantic comedy that is neither comedic nor romantic. It's a collection of rough draft notes someone managed to stretch into an hour and a half long dumpster fire.

To kick off this wreck of a film, we introduce our main guy: Conrad. Conrad has no personality to speak of. He has no history either. He is a completely blank piece of paper who everyone is mean to for no reason, and he offers about as much to the plot as your average living room sofa. Outside of him having OCD (which is not plot relevant AT ALL and somehow doesn't seem to add any nuance to his character), Conrad has nothing discernible interesting about him.

And yet here he is, pursuing Molly - a woman he was weirdly hostile to once in a coffee shop while on an errand for his boss and now we have the setup for our movie. Molly is your average romance movie girl. She's blonde and a woman, but other than that she feels more like a doll than a person. Even her additional personalities are boring, one-dimensional cardboard cutouts with no depth to speak of.

And this is all without touching on the fact that the acting is abysmal. It's not even so bad it's funny. It's just plain painful to watch. Not a single line is delivered with any amount of believability. Honestly this feels like a deep learning program's first attempt at generating human interaction. It's awkward and disjointed and it's only made worse by the fact that NONE of these characters have chemistry. I'm not even sure Conrad and Molly would make good friends, let alone romantic partners.

All in all, it's terrible. Bad acting, bad setup, and a bad premise that does a major disservice to OCD and DID. Don't waste your time or money.

Every single character is a stereotype with no personality and no chemistry. You have the awkward and unloved lead, his aggressive boss, the manic pixie dream girl with the overly aggressive black friend, the country girl with the country accent, the overtly sexual kinkster in a punk band, and the list goes on. None of these characters have ANY chemistry and it makes every single interaction painful to watch.

Every piece of dialogue is a fumble that completely misses the mark it's aiming for. Scenes that aim to be funny are stifled by the fact that none of these characters fit together. Even scenes that are meant to be heartwarming or dramatic feel over-acted. The dialogue isn't funny or interesting, it's just deeply awkward.

There is nothing redeemable about this movie and if you are someone who experiences secondhand embarassment, you should avoid it. Save your money and watch something else.

The acting is terrible, the soundtrack is terrible. What is with the music? Any time the leads have a conversation it has some goofy elevator music behind it.

The characters have zero depth; they can't act at all. The DID thing has been portrayed a thousand times better than in this. So awful. So bad.

I RARELY turn off a movie or tv show; even if I'm not a fan of it. I had to turn this off within ten minutes because it was so cringey.

Don't even waste your time. It's a free movie, but it's not even worth that. I thought this would be a cute romcom but it didn't fit the bill in any department of decent movie.

Seriously I wish I had not watched this movie. Once I start something though I have to finish it. It was very cringey and played into boring stereotypes. Learn from my mistakes and suffering, do not bother with this.

Have you ever found a magazine while cleaning,and decided to give a quick read-through after finishing the housework? Then after finally finishing that magazine you were compelled to clean again,just to clear your mind of that awful mess of media and boring writing. This movie was that magazine. Hulu must've had a quota to fill or something,because it wasn't bad acting that tainted this film,It seemed to be rushed in each scene with little emotion from all the 'personalities' and that's me being generous. Its not a repeat viewing,its a 'turn on for background noise' film.(Now that I think about it,this would've made for a tolerable podcast🤔)

I'm a bit of a psychology nerd, so I decided to give this a shot. A bit campy and cheesy, yes. But surprisingly a great take on the psychological theories of 'Internal Family Systems' and 'Personality Fragmentation' using the RomCom format, and terms the average person recognizes like multiple personalities, even though its existence is hotly debated.

Found it to be a welcome break from all the horror and thriller movies constantly villanizing people with mental illness. Highly recommend the book 'No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz' to anyone who enjoyed this.

If they actually do the sequel, I really hope they introduce an IFS therapist character, instead of the hypnotherapist guy, and really explore all the different personality fragments, and get to the source of the trauma, which led to her fragmentation. Would be fun to really see her get better and become a more functional and integrated person.

There really isn't much to like about this film. The acting is stiff, the pacing is weird. I'm not sure if the directing was off or if it was the writing (leaning toward the writing). The overarching voice goes for funny, but it's just annoying. I didn't believe any interaction in the movie. It felt very much like a student film, which - maybe it was?

The leads were frustrating and unlikable. When you first meet the guy I think they're going for him being a himbo, but you have to be likable to be a himbo. The first time we meet the woman, Molly, she is rude and self absorbed and it's supposed to be cute? It's not. The dialogue was super odd. I don't know if the writer knows how anyone actually talks - because no one speaks like that.

"You're lucky I don't condone violence." "You're lucky I didn't drink milk growing up." Hahahahaha......... no.

Honestly, if you're on the fence about watching this, it's completely passable. You aren't missing a single thing. I would give this a 0/10 if I could.

Middle school plays have better actors and story. Reading down through the reviews I see some "bot" comments saying what a great movie....yeah movie (HAHA) this was. Just plain junk, don't waste your time even starting this one. I can think of other ways to waste my time, like watching paint dry. Much more entertaining! Apparently they want me to write a book here. So it seems they took a few people off the street to star in a movie, and that's how this terrible thing was created. It's not cute, not romantic, and definitely NOT funny. A few words to describe it would be dumb, ridiculous, and lame! There, now I reached the limit haha!

And this movie I wasn't expecting much from this movie because I just wanted an English language movie that was quick and easy like cake. This was just so bad. I just didn't believe a lot of the situations., it was just bad.

The characters were like paper cutouts. Kind of empty. It's like they tried to fill them up but they just didn't hit the mark.

There's no way he can be a chef if he's got OCD. He will never get any baking done because he will deflate everything he's trying to poof up because he has to open and close the stove door several times. I mean that was just stupid.

That girlfriend disassociative disorder just felt very unreal. Also how are these two making any money to survive when they have a huge psychological issues that are going to impact everything about their life. They're not going to be able to.

I really dislike the narration. Were there some characters I liked - yes. I liked the the main male character (Conrad) coworkers. The two male chefs and the female chef who think was the owner. I like the actor who played the Barista at the coffee shop. The actress who played the bartender that ended up dating the main character's best friend. I thought the best actor was Michael Nouri, who played the psychiatrist.

I like the main character when he played in Young and the Restless and I just didn't believe his character so it just didn't work. I didn't care for that main actress. I didn't I care for the script. If you want to watch a movie with this kind of storyline - main characters in male or female with a psychiatric issue the main characters love intrest male or female has a psychiatric issue there are way better movies to watch..

At first you think you're viewing a romcom.. and you are. But then, it takes it's twists and turns. Conrad is a blank slate that the movie builds on. You don't know much about him until you see him interact with the other characters and the female lead. His journey to help someone else ends up helping him, too.

The buddy scenes are hilarious and the pizza chef, Regina brings so much sass. The lighthearted way she jokes with the staff/owners is perfectly balanced with the serious subject of the film. It's the right amount of LOL's and AWWW's The final scene leaves us wanting to know "what's next!!??"

My Favorite Girlfriend is a fun little enjoyable film. Really nice performances by the leads, Tyler Johnson and Bonnie Piesse. Both show the real and vulnerable sides of their characters as they maneuver in the world they live in, internally and externally.

Every single supporting character is strong and adds something to the story. Good casting all around.

An interesting quirky storyline with lots of funny-fun comedic elements along with some nice heartfelt moments. It's a sweet and amusing story that is well written and directed by Amanda Raymond. The story flows along and is paced nicely.

My Favorite Girlfriend is a cute Comedy Romance that works.

Director Amanda Raymond, who herself is trained in clinical psychology, uses mental differences as a springboard for telling a uniquely charming story about falling in love with atypical minds. She is respectful of mental differences and does a great job telling a difficult story. This is her second feature film and her first rom com. However, she leads the production with the skill of someone who has been making these kinds of films all her life.

The characters are mostly interesting and you do want to see where things go at each turn. Props to Bonnie Piesse who does a wonderful job depicting this difficult role.

If you are looking for something unique this is a good bet.

I really enjoyed this, unlike many other reviewers here. I can't accuse this movie of being stereotypical, simply because so few movies actually address the issues portrayed here.

The way it DID portray those issues though was simplistic and comedic. It's more of a representation of those issues, rather than a serious depiction of them, and there's nothing wrong with that. There were some misguided moments. But I really appreciate the hints of something darker, and it left me wanting a lot more.

The acting was OK for what the movie was trying to do. It's a fluffy comedy, quit griping!

I really hope there's a sequel.

Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl is one of the oldest plots in human storytelling and it is possible that mere numbers could not express how many times this tale has been told. With that long lineage it is astounding that someone can find a way to make this time-honored theme refreshing... but that is exactly what writer-director Amanda Raymond has done in her latest film, "My Favorite Girlfriend."

Conrad, a young wannabe chef, played engagingly by Tyler Johnson, has fallen in love with several exceedingly unique young women. They range from an internet influencer, a sassy southern belle, a shopaholic to a ballsy rock singer. The good news is he loves them all and none of these ladies know each other. The bad news... they all inhabit the same body. He's smitten with woman possessed by a classic case of what is now called dissociative identity disorder played brilliantly by Bonnie Plesse. At first he goes along for the ride but as his feelings deepen he wants to help all of them... despite being oblivious to a situation far over his head.

If this sounds serious, it is - in spots... but My Favorite Girlfriend is also funny, romantic and amusing as well as thought provoking, dramatic and serious. It is a testament to Ms. Raymond as both writer and director that she guides her talented cast to tread this fine line between smiles and suspense with such admirable skill creating a romantic-comedy that delves deeper than most and is more satisfying for that reason.

One note... in reading reviews I have found, amid those who I believe actually saw the same film I did, an unusual amount of trolling. I won't go into why I think this is the case, but be warned... this fine film does not deserve this shoddy treatment. This production might have been done on a modest budget, but the results are first class and I think the viewer will find it ninety minutes exceedingly well spent.

Writer/director Amanda Raymond's sophomore feature, My Favorite Girlfriend, continues the promise hinted at in You Are My Home (2022), her feature debut. In that earlier film, she demonstrated a finely-tuned ability to humanize her characters in the script and then bring that quality out in the performances of the actors portraying them.

With My Favorite Girlfriend, Raymond skillfully applies that craft to the rom-com genre while simultaneously addressing the debilitating seriousness of dissociative identity disorder (DID), a psychological malady that in film is often mined either for laughs or - more often than not - horror. Raymond's film is just the right mix: it is fleet in its comic moments and moving in its dramatic ones.

Girlfriend's two stars - Tyler Johnson as "Conrad" and Bonnie Piesse as "Molly" - each successfully embrace the challenges of their character's struggles - obsessive compulsive disorder in Conrad's case and DID in Molly's. The supporting cast help humanize these characters by anchoring them in the real world. Veteran actor Michael Nouri is particularly effective as a hypnotherapist who helps Conrad - as well as the audience - fully understand the gravity of Molly's condition.

All things considered, My Favorite Girlfriend is a solid second feature and Amanda Raymond is an up-and-coming talent to watch, both as a writer and as a director.

This movie was a very good movie. I say this because if you see and understand how mental issues are then life is hard. This movie shows the ups and downs of a not so perfect life. Some say the scenes are cut short but honestly IF YOU KNOW MENTAL DISORDERS THATS HOW LIFE IS. I have disorders and my late fiancé had disorders and it felt like a roller coaster all the time but we managed to find love within the grey area and capture great memories within our lives. I'm so happy that there is a movie that's factual and real to what these scenarios are like in the real world.

Second movie wanted!!

I am a fan of this director (and writer of this film) as she always manages to pull at the heartstrings in a fun and entertaining way. My Favorite Girlfriend did just this. Female lead pulled off this role phenomenally (at first, the persona she was playing made it seem like she was over-acting, but hang in there, it works for the story).

Great movie! Definitely worth the price of admission so to speak!

BRAVO! I just saw this on Amazon Prime. What a ride.....I wasn't prepared for the 'cast of characters'! It was heartwarming, funny, touching AND it touched on some serious subjects that aren't always addressed in movies!.