Rather, Blanchard’s Paige often comes across as a tad annoying and immature, especially in comparison to the film’s consistently enjoyable secondary characters. Blanchard all too often fails to deliver this likeability. Yet, in the goofiness of the genre, there should reside some kind of charm and endearing quality. The typical rom-com sports a protagonist who is often on the fringes of popularity - a nerdy and awkward outcast type. The weakest part of the movie comes in the form of Blanchard’s performance. Bolstered by the lively chemistry between the cast, the unapologetic gayness of the protagonist and a hunt for an anonymous grafitti artist known as KingPun, “Crush” follows all the classic teenage rom-com tropes, even if its execution can be mediocre at times.
