The Chemistry of Dating
By John Oak Dalton • Nov 4th, 2007 • Category: Comedy, Reviews
Genial comedy, from director Matt Olson, features a lonely collegiate who tries to apply scientific principles to find the perfect mate, finding himself having one adventurous date after another.
Somewhat straightforward in its plotting and production design, The Chemistry of Dating gets an uptick from a strong performance by Brandon Rowray in the lead, a likeable, natural presence.
Rowray is surrounded by a credible supporting cast of young women, many of whom my younger self would have thought him too picky in overlooking. John Snipes has a brief but memorable appearance as an assumingly tenured professor phoning it in.
The production values are solid without being outstanding and don’t interfere with the storytelling, giving The Chemistry of Dating some crossover appeal to mainstream audiences.
I found myself rooting for Rowray throughout this amiable feature, and hope to see Olson and company’s crowd-pleasing ways continue.
- Director: Matt Olson
- Writer: Justin Dexter, Matt Olson
- Cast: Brandon Rowray, Anna Castelaz, John Snipes, Kristin Feledy, Sondra Ellingson, Chenique Charmaine, Candace Snapp, Toya Turner
- Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes
- Score:***
- More Information: http://www.thechemistryofdating.com
- Genre: Comedy
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John Oak Dalton is a Community Television Station Manager by day, and a DIY acolyte by night. In the 80s he made Super-8 movies and his own basement mix tapes. In the 90s he hosted a cable-access show and made his own zines and minicomics. In the 21st Century he began working with grassroots video and microcinema and writing b-movies, and has more than a dozen projects on the shelf, on screen, in development, or in production.
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