We can never watch enough romcoms and now we have two more available on streaming. So dive right in to get two very different flavors of romantic comedy that are both equally satisfying.
Players: Written by Whit Anderson and directed by Trish Sie, this movie stars Gina Rodriguez as Mack, a woman who loves to run "plays" to find casual hook-ups for herself and her friends. She routinely meets up in a bar with her best friend Adam (Damon Wayans, Jr.), co-worker Brannagan (Augustus Prew) and his younger brother Little (Joel Courtney). She has helped these men hook-up with dozens of people and they have watched her pick up many more after a long day at work. However, enter Nick (Tom Ellis), a sophisticated British journalist who has been nominated for a Pulitzer and is a proper "adult." After a one-night stand, Mack realizes that she actually wants more from this man, and now she needs to come up with a play to turn him into her actual boyfriend. With her friends' help, they embark on a complex plan (and intense stalking) to worm her way into this man's affections.
I won't tell you anything further. If you're any kind of romcom connoisseur, it should be fairly obvious to you from the jump how this whole thing is going to end. But the journey is as fun as the destination and this is a great cast of people getting up to a great series of shenanigans. This is a fun, zippy film that is perfectly charming. And as an added bonus, it takes place in NYC, so if you're a New Yorker, there will be plenty of fun "I've been there!" moments for you to indulge in.
Upgraded: Written by Christine Lenig, Justin Matthews, and Luke Spencer Roberts, and directed by Carlson Young, this film stars Camila Mendes as Ana Santos, an intern at an auction house who is desperately hoping to parlay this opportunity into a proper job and career that finally makes use of her art history degree. Her boss, Claire (played with a hilarious accent by Marisa Tomei) is a Miranda Priestly-type, a hard-ass who terrifies all her assistants. Anyway, via some machinations, Ana finds herself on a work trip to London. When an airport employee takes pity on her and upgrades her to First Class, she runs into Will (Archie Renaux), a charming young man who seems instantly taken with her. They have a very flirty flight across the ocean, during the course of which, Ana makes the mistake of pretending she is actually the Director of the auction house and not a lowly intern.
As you can imagine, that one lie is gonna spiral out of control, not helped by the fact that, of course, Will's mother (played by the magnificent Lena Olin) is one of the clients that Claire and Ana will be holding an auction for in London. You can expect to watch Ana trying to get away with her lie without losing the man or her job, and everything will be spectacularly complicated until it all gets untangled. Again, this is nothing you haven't seen before, but these actors are delightful, London looks beautiful, and who doesn't love watching two people fall in love despite a lie and then have to navigate the fallout before they can reach their happily ever after? Get cozy on the couch and settle in for a heartwarming romance. You won't be disappointed.
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