A Perfect Pairing review: Is Sex/Life star's new Netflix rom-com worth watching?
The movie wastes no time in establishing its genre-given tropes, and establishes Lola as an Instagram-worthy 'girl boss' who still has some struggles of her own to deal with .manages to avoid some problematic tropes that still litter even the best rom-coms.
There is one explicitly queer character who is a totally normal person without heaps of trauma nor a tragic subplot and no 'funny, chubby friend' to serve as the comedic punching bag. We've seen many fish out of water rom-coms before. Unlikely people in unlikely places having to adapt and overcome challenges, falling in love along the way. What makesJustice bounds through each scene in a way that could feel forced but her earnestness in delivering even the cheesiest of lines instead brings you into her world and buy her as a real, if slightly over the top, person.
What the movie does best is not put too much emotional strain on its thin script. It doesn't deal with the big issues that other films try to tackle and fail. You might find yourself thinking 'that's dumb' or 'that's impossible' but in the end,knows exactly what it is – cheesy, escapist fantasy that moves at a clip – and on those counts, it delivers.
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