Nobody but you is now streaming on Netflix, which means millions of Netflix subscribers will soon see Sydney Sweeney tenderly serenading Glen Powell’s anus, to the tune of Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwriting.” It is not beautiful?
Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits), who also co-wrote the script with Ilana Wolpert, Nobody but you is a free and modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy,Much ado About Nothing.Sweeney plays the character Beatrice, also known as “Bea,” a law student who hits it off with a charming finance brother, Ben (Powell), at a coffee shop. They have an amazing night together, but Bea runs away, changes her mind, comes back…and overhears Ben talking shit to her roommate. Oh!
Fast forward to two years later. Bea and Ben are at the wedding party of Bea’s sister, Halle (Hadley Robinson), and her girlfriend, Claudia (Alexandra Shipp). Ben and Bea now hate each other and their animosity gets in the way of the festivities. But there’s a fine line between hate and love, especially between two people as attractive as Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. And what good would an R-rated romantic comedy starring two very attractive people be if it wasn’t at least a little raunchy?
Gluck isn’t overly raunchy when it comes to his main stars (brief shots of a topless woman and a penis come courtesy of the supporting cast) until the end of the film. Instead of a blooper reel or a post-credits scene, Nobody but you employs a singing credits sequence, in which the entire cast sings Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 hit single, “Unwriting,” at various points during the filming of the film. The song is an important plot point: it is Ben’s “serenity” song that calms his crippling fear of heights, which Bea uses to calm him in a sticky situation.
It’s also a really cool song that’s a lot of fun to scream along to. (Source: I’ve done this). Not to mention the fact that another Will Gluck movie, Easy one, used another iconic Natasha Bedingfield song, “Pocketful of Sunshine.” See you, Gluck! You are a bedhead!
There is a scene in Nobody but you where Ben strips naked after Bea finds a tarantula crawling up his butt. (And yes, you briefly see Powell’s toned rear.) Ben, with one hand holding his genitals, opens and leans down, yelling at Bea to look for more spiders.
During the Nobody but you Singing credits sequence, we return to this scene. But this time, Powell is grabbing her trash, singing her heart out, while Sweeney uses her butt as a microphone.
“Reaching for something in the distance,” Sweeney sings, as he extends his hand toward Powell’s anus. Powell, in turn, gently moves his powerful thighs to the rhythm of the song. The moment only lasts a few seconds before Sweeney snaps and turns his head. But it’s more than enough.
Truly, this is an iconic credits sequence. Sweeney was so close to that anus that she could almost taste it! Bedingfield was right: you really do have to live your life with your arms (or, in this case, legs) wide open.
