Office Romance Review: A Formulaic Netflix Rom-Com Elevated by Betty Gilpin's Performance
By
David Ehrlich
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
A review of Netflix's "Office Romance," a rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein. The reviewer notes the film is better than its generic title suggests, following a repressed CEO (Jackie Cruz) who struggles to show her authentic self at work despite running the company. The review highlights Betty Gilpin's performance as a standout reason to watch, while acknowledging the film's formulaic nature.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNot quite as algorithmically generic as its title would imply (though I still find something dystopian and Soylent about naming movies after subgenres)
Women like Jackie Cruz can be on top in the modern world, but only under the condition that men will still look down on them every chance they get.
Generic as this Netflix rom-com might be, any movie with Betty Gilpin is worth at least 100 minutes of your time.
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