My Fault London is a British romance drama released on February 13, 2025 and is currently streaming on Prime Video. It is directed by Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler, and written by Melissa Osborne.
My Fault London is a remake of Culpa Mia, a 2023 Spanish film, which was in turn adapted from a novel of the same name by Mercedes Ron. It has a runtime of 119 minutes and follows the story of Noah, a young American girl who relocates to London with her newly remarried mother and gets roped into a whirlwind affair with her new stepbrother, Nick.
Premise of My Fault London
The film starts off by introducing us to the main character, Noah, who explains to us in a voice over that her mom, Ella, had left England before she was born because she fell in love with an American, but now they were both moving back to England because her mom, now divorced, has gotten married to a British millionaire.
“A Prince Charming in a castle for her, and a wicked step-brother for me.”
We see her packing for this move while sharing last goodbyes with her boyfriend Dan, and her best friend, Haley. However, she and Dan decide to continue their relationship long distance.
Noah and her mom arrive in London. In a cab, they both have a brief discussion about Ella’s new husband and his son, Nick, who is now Noah’s new stepbrother. At this point, we learn that Noah does not like Nick, even though they haven’t met yet. This is because she believes him to be a stereotypical rich, spoiled “daddy’s boy”. They arrive at the house (mansion), and despite her skeptical and reluctant attitude towards her stepfather, she ends up giving herself a tour of the house.
After getting a glimpse of Nick from her bedroom window, Noah shares a mysterious conversation with her mom about how the mansion is secure enough to keep her safe from an unknown threat.
“He can’t get you here…”
She then tells Noah to rest and prepare for a gala that they’ll be attending that night. Afterwards, Noah heads down to the kitchen where she and Nick officially meet…and they instantly rub each other off the wrong way. For some reason, Noah bears aversion to the fact Nick is young and rich and Nick does not appreciate being stereotyped by a stranger that’s supposed to be his stepsister.
That night at the gala, Noah shares a conversation with Nick’s best friend, Giles, who reveals that Nick isn’t just a rich heir, he actually made his own money by creating a popular ride-sharing app and selling it for millions when he was just 17.
After a short conversation with Nick’s circle, Nick decides to take Noah home. In the car, Noah attempts to ‘apologize’ for judging him stereotypically, but it leads to another argument where she brings up his parents, specifically his biological mother. He warns her to stop because it is a sensitive topic, but she continues to taunt him about it until he loses his temper and leaves her on the side of the road.
After a series of events, she ends up at an incredibly shady party where she believes Nick is. She accepts a bottle of beer before finding him and humiliating him in front of his friends. He finds her again on the dancefloor where it appears that her beer had been spiked. Nick rescues her, making sure to punch the culprit, before finally taking her home.
The next day, Noah is still being cold to Nick, despite his attempts at cordiality. However, later that day, she ends up stalking him on social media, including his date from the previous night. He even catches her snooping through his room.
Then she gets an anonymous text with pictures and videos that show her boyfriend cheating on her with her best friend. Distraught, she joins Nick on his outing that night, which ends up being an underground racing party. There, she meets the rest of Nick’s friends, Jenna and her boyfriend Lion. She also learns that Nick is an underground boxer.
After learning of Noah’s crisis with her boyfriend, Nick proposes revenge by taking photos of him and Noah making out and sending them to Dan. When they rejoin the group, Noah learns that Nick is a racer as well, and that Lion has just booked a race for him, much to Jenna’s disapproval. His opponent, Ronnie, is an ex-convict that has an unhealthy obsession with rivaling Nick. Noah then makes the bizarre decision of taking Nick’s place in the race against his knowledge and wishes. She wins. However, Ronnie is furious when he discovers that it wasn’t Nick in the car. This leads to an all-out brawl and Noah is frozen until Nick rescues her and then takes her home. We learn that violence and tight spaces trigger Noah’s panic attacks.
This is where the tension begins to spark between them.
The next day, they are much friendlier with each other. Noah goes with Nick to his biological mother’s house, who has custody of his little sister, Maddie, who Nick is very fond of. Nick reveals to Noah that his mother’s ultimatum is that he stays away from the illegal fighting and racing or he loses access to Maddie. We also learn that said mom is a recovering alcoholic. She left Nick and his father to get better when he was very young, leaving Nick with anger issues that he uses fighting and racing as an outlet for.
When they head back home, Noah tells Nick about her abusive biological father who’s currently in jail, and their relationship kick starts.
This leads to a whirlwind romance that spans the rest of the film, riddled with obstacles such as Noah’s ex coming back, Nick’s habits and Noah’s past coming back to haunt her.
Cast and Performances
Asha Banks as Noah
Matthew Broome as Nick
Enva Lewis as Jenna
Kerim Hassan as Lion
Sam Buchanan as Ronnie
Eve Macklin as Ella
First, I’m going to comment on the acting. Admittedly, all the names on this list are relatively new to me, and I haven’t seen their work before, but it’s my opinion that the acting in this movie isn’t very good. There was a lack of range in the expressions of the actors. The actor who plays Nick kept a straight face almost throughout the entire film, to the point where you could barely tell if he was angry or not. The actress who plays Noah is almost the opposite, sporting a frown as her default face. Ironically, the sexual scenes are the only parts they nail correctly.
Now, to the characters. I do not like Noah. There, I said it.
She’s essentially the amalgamation of everything that makes a ‘not like other girls’ cliché. There’s this scene where she actually replaces the high heeled shoes in her new room with sneakers, “tough girl” persona (even though 50% of the movie is just her getting rescued by Nick in different scenarios). ‘I call it like I see it’, hates fancy galas and loves racing, discomfort in her dinner dress and makeup (that she just happened to apply perfectly). She is a wattpad/Book-tok heroine in every sense of the word.
“Nick fights and races? Any other bad boy clichés?”
He’s also “protective”, as displayed by his need to superman his way through every situation involving Noah. And don’t get me wrong; as a book girlie, I love a good damsel-in-distress and hero situation, but one can only see the same situation rehashed out several times before getting tired.
What I liked about My Fault London
Nick. Hear me out. The main strong suit of the movie is how incredibly hot our hero is. Another thing I like is the soundtrack. From Conan Gray to Charli XCX, I applaud the choice of music as it adds the sense of adolescence that a young adult movie is supposed to possess. And I do like the fact that they were able to portray sexual attraction and tension without going overkill on the explicitness as I’m sure the book probably did.
What I didn’t like about the film
The cliché of it all. I understand it is in fact based on a book, but I find the excessive use of typecasts and stereotypes alarming. It makes the film boringly predictable. It was practically built with the same bricks that make up all of Wattpad and Booktok culture. ‘Enemies’ to lovers? Check. Main Male Character who’s infinitely loaded? Check. Radical Male anger that only the female character “tames”? Check. Mortal danger that’s coming for the female character that the male character has to protect/save her from? Double check. Among many others.
Final Thoughts
Despite all my grievances, My Fault London was not a bad movie. It’s an easy watch for those who’d like to escape into good old-fashioned romance fantasies. And if you ignore the…interesting dynamic (Step siblings turned lovers? Um…), it’s actually a spicy affair. Perhaps I’ll check out the Spanish version later, people keep swearing that it’s so much better.
I rate “My Fault London”: 3.5 out of 5.
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