India, Aug. 21 -- Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise is such a seminal work that any other film that promises a whiff of romance during a trip gets compared to it. But there's still a lot of charm and poise to the new Amazon Prime Video entry, The Map That Leads To You, to ground its own travel-coded romance.

Adapted from a novel by J.P. Monninger, the film centres on the whirlwind romance between two strangers- Heather (Madelyn Cline) is obsessed with planning things out based on her itinerary, while Jack (KJ Apa) is the vagabond who lives in the moment. They are unfamiliar with what comes next, although we know exactly where it's headed. This predictability gives the film a sugary, glossy rush.

Heather meets Jack first on a midnight t...