Jennifer Lopez charms in Office Romance despite Brett Goldstein script
Jennifer Lopez brings office romance back to Netflix in Office Romance, but the latest review says the movie’s spark comes from her and not from the writing around her. The film gives her Jackie, an airline CEO, yet the script keeps pushing the story toward a setup that feels thinner than the R rating suggests.
Jackie on the airline desk
Lopez plays Jackie, the CEO of an airline she inherited from her father, and the plot starts with a lawsuit claiming she used her body to secure a business deal. That puts the character in a setup that should carry more bite than it does, especially once the company’s top lawyer chokes on a breakfast burrito and Jackie has to lean on Daniel, played by Brett Goldstein, to handle the case.
Daniel then falls for Jackie even though company rules forbid employees from dating. The review says Goldstein co-wrote the script with Joe Kelly, and that the film tries to build from a premise with real comic friction without ever paying it off with much fizz.
Goldstein and Joe Kelly
Goldstein’s performance is the review’s weak point, with the film said to be far tamer than the people involved seem to think. It also says he tries to bring British humour into an American setting, a mix that can work when the script is sharp enough to support it, but here leaves the movie stuck between a raunchy promise and a cautious execution.
That gap matters because Office Romance arrives after Lopez’s earlier romcom run in the 2000s, when she dominated the genre with hits like Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner. Her more recent theatrical titles, including Marry Me and Kiss of the Spider-Woman, struggled to reach those earlier highs, so Netflix has become the cleaner lane for her than the movie theater has been lately.
Lopez at 11
The review is much clearer on Lopez than on the script: she looks and acts the part with movie star charisma dialled up to 11. That is enough to keep Jackie watchable even when the movie around her softens the edges of what an R-rated office comedy should be doing.
For viewers deciding whether to press play, the trade-off is simple. Office Romance sounds riskier than it plays, but Lopez still gives it enough force that the film is worth watching for her performance, not for Goldstein’s script.
