Your Fault

The sequel to My Fault in what’s set to be a trilogy, Your Fault continues the forbidden love story between the now 18-year-old Noah (Nicole Wallace) and her slightly older stepbrother Nick (Gabriel Guevara). With Noah starting college and Nick taking up a position at his father’s law firm, each is faced with new challenges that threaten their already turbulent relationship. While Nick becomes infatuated with intern Sofia (Gabriela Andrada), Noah starts to fall for one of her new teachers. If that doesn’t sound more melodramatic than Coronation Street and Eastenders combined, there’s also a subplot about Noah’s new roommate (Álex Béjar) having a history with Nick, an underground street racing circuit, and even a drug deal. How audiences are supposed to take any of this seriously is a mystery.

Following a sizeable introduction where the young couple is reunited at Noah’s lavish birthday party, it becomes apparent that there is absolutely no plot to speak of. Random events simply happen and are intercut with uncomfortable sex scenes between the leads. One moment the characters find themselves in a tense stand-off with a dangerous gangster only for a bar fight to break out, the next Nick and Noah are adopting a kitten together. There’s no rhyme or reason to any of it, however, it is nevertheless fascinating to see just where the script is going to go next as more subplots are piled on.

It’s important in romance films that the characters be likeable so that viewers can root for their relationship to succeed. Here, though, both leads are consistently terrible human beings whose only personality traits are that they’re good-looking and exceedingly wealthy. Throw in some stilted dialogue that sounds like it could have been written by AI, and not even the actors’ admirably dedicated performances can generate any chemistry between the pair.

With its surreal and overly melodramatic plot and complete lack of romance, Your Fault is intriguing for all the wrong reasons. Its commitment to its absurdity might explain why it, like its predecessor, has become a ratings sensation, but there’s nothing entertaining to be found in this flick.

Andrew Murray

Your Fault is released on Prime Video on 27^th December 2024.

Watch the trailer for Your Fault here: