“Rye Lane” is a new romantic comedy that garnered widespread acclaim and is streaming on Hulu.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts abou the film.
- Rye Lane is a 2023 British romantic comedy-drama film
- It is directed by Raine Allen-Miller
- This marks her feature directorial debut
- From a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia
- Set in the South London areas of Peckham and Brixton
- The film is titled after the real-life Rye Lane
- Rye Lane had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2023
- It was released in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2023, by Searchlight Pictures
- It was released digitally in the United States on 31 March 2023, by Hulu
- Principal photography was underway in London as of April 2021
- Then it was revealed Nathan Bryon had written his first feature film script with Tom Melia
- This was under the working title Vibes & Stuff
- Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo of DJ Films and Damian Jones of Turnover Films produced the film, with assistance and funding from BBC Film, the British Film Institute (BFI), and Searchlight Pictures
- It was also revealed in April 2021 that Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson would star in the film
- Jones sent Raine Allen-Miller an invitation to direct the film as suggested by Eva Yates, a BBC Films executive producer who knew Allen-Miller through her 2018 short film Jerk
- After boarding the project, Allen-Miller helped to develop the script with Bryon, Melia, and script editor and executive producer Sophie Meyer
- Other executive producers include Rose Garnett, Paul Grindey, Kristin Irving, and Charles Moore
- The film was originally going to be set in Camden, North London, before Allen-Miller changed the locations to Brixton and Peckham
- Filming locations included the restaurant Coal Rooms, Rye Lane Market, the grocery store Nour Cash & Carry in Brixton Village, the chicken shop Morley’s, the Italian restaurant Il Giardino, Brockwell Park, and Peckhamplex
- Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 98%
- Based on 46 reviews
- With an average rating of 8.3/10
- The website’s critics’ consensus reads, “Good news, rom-com fans: Anyone looking for a smart, funny, and heartwarming new addition to the canon can find it waiting on Rye Lane”
- “Not since Spike Lee introduced the world to Bed-Stuy, has a Black director so seamlessly embedded viewers into the verve and flavor of their neighborhood,” wrote Robert Daniels for The Playlist
- The Observer critic Mark Kermode described the film as a “hugely enjoyable romp that effortlessly combines the ‘limited time’ romcom format of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy with the in-your-face visual cheekiness of Peep Show”
