been watching rom coms lately, enjoying the chill of beautiful rich people in new york city having laughs and finding love
these are all watchable, pleasant, balm rom coms (available on netflix canada), please add your own reccs!
Set It Up
New York assistants, Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glen Powell), are used to going above and beyond for their high-powered (and highly demanding) bosses, Kristen (Lucy Liu) and Rick (Taye Diggs). But now they're teaming up for the biggest projects of their young careers - getting their bosses to fall in love! Only time will tell whether they strike out...or score a home run.
Sleeping With Other People
Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done. Fresh, funny, and full of witty insights about modern love, this hilariously heartfelt film "is the rare rom-com that reminds us why we love them so much in the first place" (Time Out New York). Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne, and Jason Mantzoukas co-star.
Begin Again
Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her songwriting partner/lover Dave (Adam Levine) head for New York when he lands a record deal with a major label. However, Gretta is suddenly left on her own when Dave gives in to the temptations that come with his newfound success. Things take a turn for the better for her when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record executive, discovers Gretta performing in a club. A mutually life-changing bond forms between the pair as they work together on Gretta's first album.
About Time was a really weird one because I was thoroughly charmed by it the first time, and then the second viewing (with my girlfriend) made me kinda hate it?
fwiw i think tv is generally better for balm romcom than movies. recently-ish i've enjoyed: love mindy project, sometimes you're the worst catastrophe insecure
blurst of times wrote:fwiw i think tv is generally better for balm romcom than movies. recently-ish i've enjoyed: love mindy project, sometimes you're the worst catastrophe insecure
would be into hearing about good balm roms as opposed to romcoms. stuff like Dear John, The Vow, The Lucky One. there can (of course not always) be something very smug about romcoms which you don't get so much with the plain roms