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No uncertainty Jennifer Lopez is presently queen of nan failing Romcom genre, a erstwhile vibrant Hollywood staple that studios sadly relegated mostly to streaming successful caller times. Of people location person been exceptions, notably sleeper deed Anyone But You in 2024 that made a scatter successful theatres. Generally though this isn’t nan case, astatine slightest for nan classic romantic drama template.
Lopez’s latest Netflix confection, Office Romance must person been irresistible for nan prima since Ted Lasso vets Brett Goldstein and Joe Kelly wrote it specifically for her and said they wouldn’t make it unless she was successful it. What is simply a woman to do? She jumped astatine nan chance, almost surely because her co-star Goldstein ogles her successful this point for illustration she is immoderate benignant of goddess, moreover upon their first gathering moreover getting visibly excited down there, conscionable from nan specified touch of her hand. In nan parlance of romcoms that is known arsenic “meeting cute”.I picture that segment pinch a small much decorum than is played successful this movie which ne'er misses a chance to spell for outrageous R-rated raunch, alternatively nan benignant of sweetness successful different Lopez romcoms for illustration nan criminally underrated Marry Me aliases Maid In Manhattan.
Lopez besides gets a measurement up successful societal and business position successful this 1 arsenic a workaholic CEO of an airline, Cruz Air. As Jackie Cruz she is nan girl of nan company’s founder, Jack Cruz ( her begetter successful Selena, Edward James Olmos) and looking to make her ain people successful nan agency wherever individual relationships of nan romanticist benignant are expressly forbidden. Of people that gives this movie its conflict erstwhile recently hired lawyer Daniel Blanchflower (Goldstein) shows up to prep nan leader connected a deposition. The movie opened pinch 2 abstracted scenes showing each connected a disastrous day truthful we cognize their singles position and it is evident correct distant wherever this is each going, moreover aft Jackie berates him for his capacity during nan deposition, but later apologizes erstwhile it is clear he knows what he is doing. It is only a matter of clip earlier these 2 workaholics find much successful communal and moreover return a romanticist getaway to nan Dominican Republic, but really do they support this caller narration nether wraps successful nan office, particularly pinch Jackie’s planned description of nan hose into different cities nether attack.
Ol Parker is nan head present and he is simply a filmmaker wholly comfortable successful this genre having made 1 of nan champion successful caller years, nan theatrical merchandise Ticket To Paradise with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Now they had chemistry. The bonding present betwixt Jackie and Daniel conscionable doesn’t make maine consciousness it, and for a successful romcom you have to consciousness it. Lopez gets to deterioration nan fashionable clothes, she gets to talk nan firm talk, and by nan extremity has nan “come to Jesus” infinitesimal successful beforehand of each her labor we person been waiting for. Fine, but thing we haven’t seen a lot. As for their chemistry here, Lopez and Goldstein deficiency nan magic formula. Also Goldstein’s and Kelly’s book seems wrapped successful nan good worn cliches of nan genre, without offering thing caller to nan clip honored formula. It is almost for illustration they group retired to make a romanticist drama hit for hit of what they person seen before. They besides person a inclination to really spell for nan raunch successful this one, and it seems retired of place. A segment towards nan extremity wherever nan brace extremity up delivering nan very pregnant colleague, Sydney Bloom’s (Betty Gilpin) babe is soooooo complete nan apical (and needlessly graphic) Netflix viewers whitethorn want to move nan transmission without uncovering retired really this each ends.
Oh, but we know how it will each end, don’t we? That’s nan problem pinch this each excessively predictable Office Romance. The responsibility really isn’t successful nan stars. Both Lopez and Goldstein, 2 actors who are ever watchable successful nan correct roles, do their point but it seems someway artificial successful this package. As for nan remainder of nan cast, Gilpin arsenic workfellow and confidante of Jackie conscionable really is measurement excessively dialed up, nan gestation perspective thrown successful for laughs that conscionable don’t materialize. Bradley Whitford‘s boss, Peter Vance, besides seems disconnected from reality. Tony Hale has a one-dimensional domiciled arsenic caput of HR but his champion moments are successful nan extremity credits series which throws successful a batch of unused HR gags, immoderate of them funnier than thing successful nan movie that preceded them.
Producers are Aaron Ryder, Andrew Swett, Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Goldstein, and Kelly.
Title: Office Romance
Distributor: Netflix
Release Date: June 5, 2026
Director: Ol Parker
Screenplay: Brett Goldstein & Joe Kelly
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Brett Goldstein, Betty Gilpin, Amy Sedaris, Tony Hale, Rick Hoffman, Jodie
Whittaker, Mary Wiseman, Bradley Whitford, Edward James Olmos,
Tony Plana, Roger Bart, Natalie Ortega, Jackie Sandler, Michelle Hurd, Mo Welch,
Donald Elise Watkins, Brian Gallivan, Ali Stroker, Scott Seiss, Lisa Gilroy, Will Sasso
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hr and 53 minutes
