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Review: Netflix's 'Office Romance' Fails to Elevate Generic Rom-Com Formula

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John Serba

11d ago· 6 min readenReview

Summary

A critical review of the Netflix romantic comedy "Office Romance" starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein. The reviewer pans the film as predictable, tiresome, and failing to rise above generic Netflix rom-com standards, despite the talent involved. The story follows an airline CEO (Lopez) who falls for her corporate lawyer (Goldstein), but the reviewer argues the film never takes off and is filled with clichés and lackluster execution.

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'Twas a time when a Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy in which she plays an airline CEO who falls for her corporate lawyer – played by Brett Goldstein, who also gets a writing credit – would be called Love is in the Air or Terminal Hearts or Let's Put the Lay in Layover or som
At this point, we're just hoping the cavalcade of Netflix movies with generic titles, e.g. Office Romance, at least transcend the crushing blandness of those titles.
This story set in the offices of an airline never gets off the ground.
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This story set in the offices of an airline never gets off the ground.

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