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Monita Mohan of Collider praised the film for focusing on coming of age more than coming out and for creating well-rounded characters, and complimented how the movie depicts same-sex relationships and gender identity as accepted in a modern society. Tomris Laffly of Variety praised the diversity and inclusivity within the cast compared to other teen romantic comedy films, and stated that Rowan Blanchard and Auli'i Carvalho's performances successfully establish chemistry between their characters, but found the movie too fearful to take a more plausible approach on the characters and their personas. The website's consensus reads, "Some of the writing is stilted and the execution is occasionally uneven, but Crush 's central love story is easy to fall for." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. In March 2022, the final title was set as Crush with a release date set for April 29, 2022, on Hulu. Rowan Blanchard and Auliʻi Cravalho were cast as the leads shortly afterward, and shooting began in the Syracuse area of New York that summer. Sammi Cohen identified with the project, initially called Love in Color, and signed on to direct. Jes Tom as Aya, Gabriela's on-and-off partner.īy July 2021, Kirsten King and Casey Rackham had written a script based on their own life experiences, telling a LGBTQ story that would show more queer joy growing up rather than the tales typically told simply about coming out.Megan Mullally as Angie Evans, Paige's mother.Aasif Mandvi as Coach Murray, Miller High School's track coach.Teala Dunn as Stacey Clark, Dillon's girlfriend.Tyler Alvarez as Dillon, Paige's best friend who's dating Stacey.Isabella Ferreira as Gabriela Campos, Paige's crush since childhood, AJ's twin sister, and co-captain of Miller High School's track team.Auliʻi Cravalho as AJ Campos, Gabriela's twin and co-captain of Miller High School's track team.As Paige and AJ's relationship develops, Paige finds herself in a dilemma over who she should be pursuing.
Not knowing anything about track, her coach assigns her teammate AJ to train her.
Paige is a high-school artist who joins her school's track team just to get closer to the girl she has a crush on.