Prarthana Menon’s directorial “Picture This” (2025) is a remake of the Australian film “Five Blind Dates” sans any visual wit, inventiveness or inspired touches. Keep expectations as low as possible before stepping in. Ideally, a remake should extend the conversation the original began, devise a sparkling new direction, and add fresh innovative touches. What even would be the purpose of mounting a new adaptation of the same narrative? Clearly, these questions weren’t on the minds of this film’s makers, delivering something spectacularly shoddy even in basic adherence to the originary material.

Where’s the fun, the romance and charm? All these are in grievous short supply as the film puts the reliable Simone Ashley through a string of contrived situations, trapped in the most stilted dialogue. But when the original itself was so dull and terribly stage-managed in every aspect, how much can the remake salvage? It’s...