Five Blind Dates

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Five Blind Dates
Directed byShawn Seet
Screenplay byNathan Ramos-Park
Shuang Hu
Produced by
  • Kylie Du Fresne
  • Nathan Ramos-Park
  • Shaung Hu
Starring
  • Shuang Hu
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Edited byMark Warner
Wendy Greene Bricmont
Music byShirley Song
Jina Hyojin An
Production
companies
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Five Blind Dates is a 2024 Australian romantic comedy film, written by Nathan Ramos-Park and Shuang Hu, who also stars. [1]

Contents

Premise

With her artisanal tea shop in Sydney unsuccessful, Lia returns to her hometown of Townsville for her younger sister's wedding. At the engagement party, a fortune teller tells her she will meet the love of her life amongst her next five dates. [2]

Cast

Production

Directed by Shawn Seet, [3] Five Blind Dates is the first Amazon Prime Video Original movie to be produced in Australia. Co-writer Nathan Ramos-Park initially had the idea for a reality show called Five Blind Dates where five people from the contestant's life choose a person that they think be their soulmate. Co-writer Shuang Hu has described how the film incorporates themes such as "filial piety and some of the responsibilities we feel towards our families in this modern era of trying to make a career and chase our dreams, but also feeling the responsibility of getting married and having kids". [4]

The cast is led by Shuang Hu and also features Desmond Chiam, Tiffany Wong, Renee Lim, Tzi Ma, Yoson An and Rob Collins. [5]

Release

The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 13 February 2024. [1] [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Five Blind Dates holds an approval rating of 50% based on 6 reviews, and an auspice score of 65%. [7]

Angeline Barion in BuzzFeed described the film as "feel good and comforting". [8] Jodi McAllister in The Conversation described it as “refreshing” and "joyful". [9]

Adaptation

In March 2024, it was reported that a British adaptation written by Nikita Lalwani had entered post-production, entitled Picture This . [10]

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