In the film «Office Romance In Netflix's romantic comedy, starring Jennifer Lopez as the CEO of a successful airline (she's also a pilot, to leave no doubt about her drive for success), you can expect a few things. She falls for one of her employees, a charming and funny British lawyer played by Brett Goldstein. You'll find plenty of raunchy dialogue and even a highly inappropriate scene involving an erection in the workplace. There's also a serious supporting character, played by national treasure Betty Gilpin, a pregnant executive assistant who loves her job so much that she plans to return to it the day after the baby is born. And if you were expecting to see... «Office Romance» If you're looking for Jennifer Lopez, in her typical ageless and ethereal style, you'll be completely disappointed. Her skin will make you eagerly await the highlighter she's using. Her exquisitely coiffed hair falls like silky honey-colored sheets over her shoulders. Her office attire includes luxurious, flowing sweaters and silk charmeuse skirts that envelop her divine curves like a gentle touch. Love her or hate her, the one thing you should never do is dull her glow. It should be immortalized in the Smithsonian.
And the truth is, you don't even have to like Lopez to enjoy it. the film "Office Romance", It's a quick read thanks to its hilarious jokes and lively dialogue. Lopez's Jackie Cruz, who comes to work every day in fearsome high heels, is both feared and respected by her employees. They all call her Ms. Cruz, never Jackie. She has led her company, AirCruz, to incredible profitability. However, she finds herself overshadowed by the company's founder, Captain Jack Cruz, played by Edward James Olmos, who is also her father. He is a rugged war hero who taught Jackie to fly as a child and still serves on the company's board of directors. During board meetings, he embarrasses and undermines her authority by calling her by a childhood nickname, which we are told translates as "Little Fatty." Jackie is already under enough pressure: the company is being sued by a competing airline, whose lawyers claim that Jackie used "inappropriate" methods to secure an impressive number of gate slots at a major American airport. This means she is accused of having an intimate relationship with a powerful man for his favor—an accusation that is clearly sexist and misogynistic.
The perfectly matched pairing of Lopez and Goldstein – courtesy of Netflix
Meet Daniel Blanchflower (Goldstein), with his absurdly delightful name, AirCruz's most attractive lawyer, and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. He's relatively new to the company, and when he's introduced to Ms. Cruz, he's smitten, barely concealing his feelings. Jackie pretends she doesn't reciprocate his feelings—her company has a strict policy against romantic relationships in the workplace. But when they go on a short work trip to the Dominican Republic—Jackie, of course, at the controls of the company's private jet—their mutual commitment to corporate ethics is put aside, and they end up in bed together.
The expected complications arise. Daniel could simply quit the company, but he really needs this job: he has a beloved, albeit rather hot-tempered, sister, Lizzie (Jodie Whittaker), who needs him to stay in the States. He and Jackie manage to keep their tryst a secret from everyone except the eagle-eyed Sydney Bloom (Gilpin), who almost immediately exposes them. Fortunately, she remains silent, although she doesn't hide her fears that Daniel could undermine her boss's authority. And, of course, their relationship ultimately threatens the stability of the company, and someone has to go. You can guess who it will be: in this case, it's a woman in a high-ranking position with power.
Betty Gilpin gives a brilliant performance as workaholic Sydney Bloom, courtesy of Netflix.
In the end, everything ends happily, in the best tradition of romantic comedies. Along the way, there are numerous jokes about how language divides Americans from their English-speaking brethren across the Atlantic. (Quite a few of these jokes involve the use of a word that is freely used in Britain but banned in America: a word beginning with the letter «"With"» and ending with "« T"» .) Basically, however, «Office Romance» works because Goldstein, best known for his supporting role in the series «Ted Lasso, has enough charisma to stand up to Lopez's dazzling beauty. It probably didn't hurt that he also co-wrote the screenplay: it was co-written by Joe Kelly, one of the creators of «Ted Lasso. (Director: Ol Parker, whose credits include the screenplay for the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", and also the director of the film "« Mamma Mia! Here we go again! !) Most of the humor here is rated R, or at least PG. And even if you get a little bored while watching «"Office Romance", It's worth watching until the end credits, which play on the absurdity of the strict HR rules. Tony Hale's brilliant sense of humor as the harried HR employee almost steals the show.
In fact, beyond the charm of the two lead stars, it's this perfunctory credits sequence that may hold the key to the film's appeal. «"Office Romance". In the old days, before the "Me Too" movement and the rise of remote work, the office was often the best place to meet a future spouse or significant other. Clearly, in the real world, relationships between powerful men and the women who work for them can be treacherous territory; historically, it's often the women who lose out. But «Office Romance» It presents other possibilities and acknowledges the reality that people often fall in love against their better judgment—and it can happen in the workplace just as easily as anywhere. To what extent can or should we regulate the whims of the human heart? This is a more important question than "How does Jennifer Lopez achieve such radiant skin?"—though both questions are eternal mysteries.