Office Romance
Directed by Ol Parker · Jennifer Lopez, Brett Goldstein
Romantic Comedy · 2026-06-05
“A glossy Netflix rom-com that commits a million HR violations and forgets the one thing a rom-com cannot fake: chemistry.”
Jennifer Lopez plays Jackie, an airline CEO, and Brett Goldstein plays Daniel, her company lawyer, and the two of them spend the film conducting the kind of workplace affair that would have an actual HR department reaching for the fire alarm. Goldstein co-wrote it, so the script is sharper than the genre usually allows, and Lopez genuinely earns her arc from buttoned-up nepo-adjacent executive to a woman who finally likes herself. The pieces are all here.
The problem is the spark, or the lack of it. The reviews are politely brutal: lots of charm on each side of the desk, almost none of it crackling across it. A rom-com can survive a thin plot, a silly premise, even a million logical leaps, but it cannot survive two appealing leads who feel like they are texting from separate movies. You can feel the script working, which is the one thing a love story is never supposed to let you see.
Still, it is watchable, glossy, occasionally funny, and Lopez is clearly having a good time. As a Tuesday night, second-screen, half-folding-laundry watch, it does the job. As a great romance, it files the paperwork, gets it stamped, and quietly never follows up.
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Brett Goldstein's co-written script is wittier and sharper than the Netflix rom-com norm.
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Jennifer Lopez sells Jackie's arc from smothered executive to a woman reclaiming herself.
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It is glossy, easy, and competently made comfort viewing.
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There are genuine laughs scattered through the corporate absurdity.
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The central chemistry never ignites, which is fatal for a romance.
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The leads often feel like they are performing in two different films.
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The premise leans on workplace dynamics it never seriously interrogates.
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You can see the script working, which kills the illusion every love story needs.
Rom-com regulars who want a glossy, low-stakes Netflix night and will forgive a missing spark.
Anyone who needs to actually believe two people are falling in love before they will invest two hours.
Selling a workaholic office affair as breezy summer escapism is a bold ask when the trailer's funniest beats are also its only beats. Two megastars on a poster is not the same as two characters in love, and the campaign quietly hoped you would not notice the difference.
Your website, CV, or whatever you made. I'll roast that too.
A full teardown from €2,99. No mercy.