Josh O’Connor Hive, Assemble.

I drifted into Only You with the (decidedly misguided) expectation of something more in rom-com territory. Kids, this isn’t that. This is a film that’s utterly unafraid to sit in silence. 

Only You struck a painful nerve as well as a familiar one.

Now, I’m not calling this an “anti-rom com”. You know those movies. Those are the ones trying to make a point about two terrible, unlikable people trying to make a go of it. This is the furthest thing from.

Only You is a painfully human film that refuses to settle for movie love. This is real life in all its loaded silence and pain. Frankly? It’s tough in places. Really tough.

I remember being in my twenties and feeling absolutely clueless with this other human being in all their struggles, their insecurity, and their baggage. We all have baggage, and Only You is keenly aware of this. And it hurts. Large chunks of this movie hang heavily in the air. It’s not comfy.

Through all this, though, the humanity is refreshing. Josh O’Connor and Laia Costa come at these characters, warts and all. Both are perfectly comfortable sitting in the hard moments, nursing the emotion, and you feel each minute with them.

Only You is a painful meditation on relationships in all their twisting complexity, the desire, the yearning, and the struggle to communicate through the pain. We’re all human, painfully so. And this is what makes Only You so beautiful.

Only You is currently streaming on Tubi.