Emma Corrigan (Alexandra Daddario) is a junior marketing executive for an energy drink and flying home from Chicago after a bad sales meeting. The flight attendant takes pity on her and bumps her up to first class. The plane runs into turbulence. Fearing imminent death, she drunkenly spills out all of her secrets to the hot stranger sitting next to her. She is embarrassed when they land safely on the ground. When she gets to work, she is further embarrassed to find the hot stranger to be her new boss Jack Harper (Tyler Hoechlin).
This starts with a solid meet-cute and a fine premise. Daddario is a hot girl trying to stretch into comedies. She still has work to do but she's showing some promising skills at being awkward. She's not quite there and it would help to have better writing. Hoechlin is a functional romantic lead but he shows little comedic skills. He's better at action or being stoic. At the least, he should try more business casual instead of the non-stop workout casual. When a guy has those pecks, he likes to show them off in a tight T-shirt. The rom-com has a few bumps along the way but generally goes on a predictable journey. There are issues of dating the boss. There are modern sensibilities that the movie needs to be more careful about. My main issue with this movie is the rest of the cast and the directions in general. Some are fine but some are bad. Emma only needs one roommate and Lissy is good. I know what Gemma is trying to be but it's annoying. It's trying too hard. That goes for the workplace. There are a few functional characters but Emma needs only one mean-girl enemy. The mean girl is fine and the work husband needs a better actor. Everybody else is a waste of time. That brings us to the boyfriend Connor. He needs to be a cold corporate type. The hairy butt is not funny. He's too meek. He is basically a nice guy and that's not enough to root against. He's pathetic and the movie wants to laugh at him. That's different from he's a bad person and we want Emma to get away from him. A lot of the problem starts with the directing. It's generally uninspired with moments of bad directing. I can take the uninspired formula but the bad directing stands out. This is a functional rom-com and I like Daddario for the most part.
This starts with a solid meet-cute and a fine premise. Daddario is a hot girl trying to stretch into comedies. She still has work to do but she's showing some promising skills at being awkward. She's not quite there and it would help to have better writing. Hoechlin is a functional romantic lead but he shows little comedic skills. He's better at action or being stoic. At the least, he should try more business casual instead of the non-stop workout casual. When a guy has those pecks, he likes to show them off in a tight T-shirt. The rom-com has a few bumps along the way but generally goes on a predictable journey. There are issues of dating the boss. There are modern sensibilities that the movie needs to be more careful about. My main issue with this movie is the rest of the cast and the directions in general. Some are fine but some are bad. Emma only needs one roommate and Lissy is good. I know what Gemma is trying to be but it's annoying. It's trying too hard. That goes for the workplace. There are a few functional characters but Emma needs only one mean-girl enemy. The mean girl is fine and the work husband needs a better actor. Everybody else is a waste of time. That brings us to the boyfriend Connor. He needs to be a cold corporate type. The hairy butt is not funny. He's too meek. He is basically a nice guy and that's not enough to root against. He's pathetic and the movie wants to laugh at him. That's different from he's a bad person and we want Emma to get away from him. A lot of the problem starts with the directing. It's generally uninspired with moments of bad directing. I can take the uninspired formula but the bad directing stands out. This is a functional rom-com and I like Daddario for the most part.