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 Two college freshmen make a pact to leave their troubled partners to live their best single lives in this well-intentioned but dull directorial debut. Decades after “When Harry Met Sally” asked audiences whether grown men and women can be friends, another romantic comedy poses the same question to a contemporary college audience. Yet in director Jordan Weiss’s “Sweethearts,” which revolves around two best friends who break up with their hometown romances over a holiday weekend, the traditional question waits until the final minutes to unfold, while a pair of separate screwball comedy plots have not been properly wrapped up. Though the film contains a talented cast and compelling sentiments about self-acceptance and platonic friendship, it comes across as two half-baked scripts fused together, held together by razor-thin connections. Director: Jordan Weiss Writers: Dan BrierJordan Weiss Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Nico Hiraga, Caleb Hearon Ben (Nico Hiraga) and Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ha...