Day 7 - 01/07/2019

  Netflix is clearly miles ahead of other streaming platforms and their originals are just a further proof of it. Despite many of them being hit or miss, Set It Up is a great example of how the ones that hit are worth the effort for the attempt of even the ones that miss. 

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  Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glenn Powell) are two overworked and underpaid, exhausted of their bosses' demands. The solution to this problem turns out to be setting up their bosses together to get them busy and free the schedule of their assistants.  Harper's boss, Kirsten (Lucy Liu), a widely respected ESPN, thinks she naturally meets up with a successful man called Rick (Taye Diggs), whose job is never quite understood. Their plan constantly hovers the thin line of what's morally acceptable when talking about artificially forging a relationship.

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  The premise is well set up from the start, similar to a game where the rules are presented in the first few minutes. When the game starts, we get to know the personality from both our main characters that suffer by the same cause with well-thought conflicts between Harper and Charlie. All the set up dates are believable and even their bosses that are less important characters have an identity of their own. 
 

  Unfortunately, the shortcomings are quite big to make it hard for a comfortable watch where you can just sit back and accept what's given to you. For example, the reason for the bosses not working out is really brought out of thin air, where it seems like the only reason why Rick's mistake was brought up was to have a major conflict between the couple that seemed promising even with their fights. The ending is also quite predictable and unimportant due to its simplicity, where one could easily have the bosses' relationship be the focal point, completely ignore the assistant's, and still have a great story. 

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  Overall, Set It Up is the prime example of that romcom you watch to not have to think much but still have a great time. It delivers what it proposes to and is a smooth watch all along, making it worthy of 7.5 stones out of 10.