Amazon's new film “My Fault: London,” directed by Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood, just proved that a remake can in fact be better than the original. It may not be perfect, but Amazon’s remake of its earlier film “Culpa Mía” does drama and romance in a surprisingly brilliant way.
Both “My Fault: London” and the “Culpa Mía” film are based on the book “Culpa Mía” by Argentine author, Mercedes Ron. The book, which was originally published in 2017, is part of the “Culpables” series which tells the enemies-to-lovers story of Nick and Noah.
When Noah’s mom uproots their lives to marry Nick’s dad, Noah is sure things couldn’t get any worse. That is until she meets Nick who seems determined to make Noah’s life miserable. The two clearly don’t get along, yet for some reason cannot stay away from each other. Despite their original toxicity and the secrets they’re keeping from each other, Nick and Noah begin to fall in love. It’s this first book, and the beginning of Nick and Noah’s love story, that serves as the main plot for both “Culpa Mía” and “My Fault: London.”
Released worldwide in June 2023, “Culpa Mía” stars Spanish actress Nicole Wallace as Noah and Spanish actor Gabriel Guevara as Nick. Though the film is not in English, it found massive popularity amongst Amazon’s American audience. After its release, the Spanish film was ranked as one of the 10 most watched movies on the platform in over 190 countries, including the United States.
Shortly after the success of “Culpa Mía,” Amazon announced an English version of the film called “My Fault: London,” which was released Feb. 13, 2025. While the remake follows the same plot as “Culpa Mía” it features a completely different cast with Asha Banks and Matthew Broome in the starring roles as Noah and Nick, respectively.
The relationship between Nick and Noah in “My Fault: London” was one of the things that was greatly improved after “Culpa Mía.” In the original film it often seemed like Nick hated Noah more than he loved her which in turn felt like the movie was romanticizing a toxic relationship. From a drama standpoint this makes for great television, they’re kind of a trainwreck but the kind that you can’t look away from. But “My Fault: London” proved that the relationship we see between Nick and Noah in “Culpa Mía” doesn’t have to be this toxic mess for the film to be interesting.
For starters, it seems like Nick cares a lot more about Noah in this film. Yes, the two hate each other at the beginning but that hatred begins to fade away pretty quickly as time goes on. Their relationship leads to a real romance that, as a viewer, you can really get behind. The two also have a lot of sweet moments throughout the film that stand out because they don’t have any other point than to prove the love between these two characters. In “Culpa Mía,” while Nick and Noah do have similar moments, everything has an undercurrent of unneeded drama and tension.
“My Fault: London” also seems to downplay the stepsibling trope in its version of the film. I’m probably not the first to say that that relationship dynamic is a weird one. Even though Nick and Noah don’t spend any time acting as if they are truly stepsiblings in either film, it isn’t really something you ever want to root for in any narrative.
It’s not that “Culpa Mía” overplays the trope or makes them feel too closely related, but it is easier to separate their parent’s marriage from their own relationship in the remake. And as someone who found that part the hardest to get through originally, I was grateful for the reprieve from that uncomfortable and forced dynamic.
While “My Fault: London” falls subject to a lot of the same plot holes and overused tropes that any trashy romance movie has, as far as love stories go this version of Nick and Noah is one that I really enjoyed watching. And though a sequel for this remake has not been announced yet, I look forward to seeing Banks and Broome reprise their roles on my screen if Nick and Noah’s love story continues.
