Jennifer Lopez's R-Rated Netflix Romcom Office Romance Falters on June 5 as Critics Fault Chemistry
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 5
Jennifer Lopez's R-Rated Netflix Romcom Office Romance Falters on June 5 as Critics Fault Chemistry
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 5
Summary
Office Romance debuted on Netflix on June 5 with a sharply negative review that says Jennifer Lopez's latest romcom feels slick but lifeless, calling it "too much like hard work."
The R-rated film was marketed as a raunchier return to a genre Lopez once dominated, but the review says its swearing, double entendres and sex scenes never justify the edgier label.
Brett Goldstein, who co-wrote and co-stars as lawyer Daniel opposite Lopez's airline CEO Jackie, is singled out as a weak romantic match, leaving the forbidden workplace relationship hard to believe.
Betty Gilpin earns the strongest notice as Jackie's sarcastic friend and colleague, supplying what the review describes as the movie's only vaguely funny moments.
The verdict adds to criticism that Netflix can deliver streaming scale for Lopez, but not the spark needed to revive a romcom genre the review says remains stuck in a long flop era.