Non-Transferable | Film review - A holiday rom-com on a budget

Non-Transferable - Poster Ashley Clements Brendan Bradley

Ashley Clements, and Brendan Bradley play bickering mismatched strangers sharing a dream holiday in corny but sweet rom-com Non-Transferable.

Meet another of those bickering mismatched couples beloved of the romantic comedy genre. Amy (Ashley Clements, star of YouTube series The Lizzie Bennett Diaries) is a Type A micro-manager. Joshua (Brendan Bradley) is a laidback go-with-the-flow kind of guy. And he just happens to share a name with Amy’s ex-boyfriend, which is on the unchangeable tickets for the dream overseas holiday she has coming up.

Low-budget/high-concept rom-com Non-Transferable is corny but sweet, although writer-director Bradley probably most deserves applause for his gumption in getting the project off the ground, even if it is rather obvious that his film was partly funded by the Turkish tourism board.

Certificate 15. Runtime 80 mins. Director Brendan Bradley

Non-Transferable debuts on Sky Cinema Premiere on 4 December. Available on DVD from Precision Pictures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yphuAjo5kGQ

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