‘Our Fault’ (Culpa Nuestra) Prime Video Movie Review - Torn between Longing and Logic

I entered Our Fault (a.k.a. Culpa Nuestra) anticipating a swoony, tear-stained conclusion in the Culpables trilogy, and, in fact, it is quite swoony and emotional. But, as someone who consumes massive amounts of romantic comedies and dramas, I also had moments where I rolled my eyes. This is a movie that has a creative flirtation with a high bar of excellence and is also stumbling over its own dreams, yet, despite that, it still made me want to talk about it afterward.

From start to finish, the beginning works. Years after Nick and Noah's breakup, Jenna and Lion's wedding becomes a context for a reunion neither wants to have, but can't avoid anyway. Nick is the new heir to his grandfather's business empire and constrained by pride, family obligation, and a fierce inability to forgive. Noah is building her career and finding her way in life, but is still sorely wounded by what happened when it all went wrong. When they do see each other again, the chemistry is there, but everything in between is tension: memories, regret, jealousy, and the looming question: can the love they had overcome the distance time has placed between them?

Nicole Wallace (Noah) and Gabriel Guevara (Nick) are the heart of the relationship on screen. They obviously know each other's cadence, and it is visible even in their quieter scenes, the way Noah looks back into a crowd or the firm patience Nick hides behind formal politeness. They make us feel the weight of their backstory: the fights, the silences, the yearning. In a film less confident in itself, these moments would ring hollow; here, they work most of the time. The supporting characters, Simon (played by Fran Morcillo) and the antagonists, do the work of creating obstacles instead of just being obstacles, raising the stakes. And visually, the film is handsome weddings in sun-soaked gardens, city nights, crisp suits and dresses, sequences that reveal careful curation and intention. The direction of Domingo González and the screenplay by González with Sofía Cuenca know when to pull back and when to lean in to drama, which is a delicate balance.

Nevertheless, for all its strengths, Our Fault can’t always escape some of the baggage associated with its genre. Certain scenes feel drawn out when internal monologues or voiceovers attempt to articulate something we already understand on an emotional level. The dialogue occasionally veers into soap-opera territory. At times, the dialogue sounds more like it is lifted from a romance novel than organic speech. There are emotional moments that fall too late or too early in the script because the script simply wants to hit these moments, sometimes at the expense of pacing. The rival subplot (a doppelgänger villain) feels flat and underdeveloped; I wanted bigger stakes from that thread or, better yet, a decrease in that thread so that the focus was tighter. Because this film is the finale, it sometimes assumes knowledge you may not have if you skip the earlier films. For example, if you're new to the series, flashbacks or text information about past mistakes may leave you confused.

Still, the film earns many of its emotionally elevated moments. There’s a wedding scene (you know which one I mean) that strikes a balance between fantasies and heartbreak. When Noah and Nick connect—both articulated and unarticulated, that moment pays off. I zipped forward in my seat, hoping they’d somehow find their way back to one another. And in the third act, the resolution is satisfying for its feelings: it’s not EASY, but the film affords the characters the time to ponder, heal, and make a choice.

One of the aspects I appreciated is the film’s relationship with time. These are people who are not adolescents anymore, and they are now weighing love against obligations. Noah’s career ambitions, Nick’s family’s legacy, and the consequences of their earlier failures and commitments matter! The film avoids (mostly) the pitfall of treating everything as LOVE ONLY and recognizes that life’s responsibility does not pause in order to make room for love! I appreciate the maturity within its conflicts. And by the way, I also appreciated the cinematography and art design. It’s all very nice to look at, and those settings create energy in the story, weddings, and city nights, and intimate interiors feel precisely curated.

But beauty can’t always mask structural flubs. There are moments when pacing drags: transitions between scenes sometimes feel abrupt, as though the film is skipping connective tissue. After a big emotional beat, we bounce into a party or business meeting without enough space to absorb the shift. A few plot conveniences strain credulity: characters who stubbornly refuse to communicate (for drama) when a seven-second conversation would have cleared things up. And there are times when the emotional stakes feel uneven, some conflicts feel deeply earned, others more like genre tropes being ticked off a list.

I also wish the supporting cast had a bit more breathing room. Simon could’ve been more than just a foil. Secondary characters felt stuck in their roles rather than allowed to surprise me. In a perfect world, the film would have balanced the weight of the leads with side stories that enriched rather than diverted.

In the end, Our Fault is a worthy closing chapter. It’s not flawless, but it gives the fans something emotional, hopeful, and grounded. It doesn’t pretend that reconciling a broken past is simple, but in its own melodramatic way, it honors love’s messiness. Watching Noah and Nick struggle was sometimes frustrating, sometimes moving, and often compelling. I laughed at little winks and glances, I winced when they hurt each other, and I rooted for them to find their way back. As a fan of the genre, I’ll remember this finale more fondly than I’ll remember its flaws. If you’ve followed their journey, this film will feel like a reunion, and even though it doesn’t always soar, it closes their story with more heart than you might expect.

Final Score- [6/10]
Reviewed by - Anjali Sharma
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Publisher at Midgard Times