Players Movie Review: Gina Rodriguez, Tom Ellis Rom-Com Makes A Sport Out Of Love

About Gamers

There is a grand custom of rom-coms the place one assured character decides to play the sport of affection solely to falter when confronted with precise emotions. The preferred of those have been Hitch with Will Smith and Eva Mendes and How To Lose A Man In 10 Days with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. The latest Netflix characteristic, Gamers, out on February 14, Valentine’s Day, units the story in New York the place a cocky sportswriter (Gina Rodriguez) asks her mates to assist her win over her dream man, a warfare reporter performed by Tom Ellis.

Rodriguez’s Mackenzie aka Mack and her buddies are good wingmen for each other, however clearly when coping with essentially the most eligible bachelor within the recreation, they need to up their recreation. And so they do. Mack’s friends, performed by Damon Wayans Jr, Joel Courtney, Augustus Prew and Liza Koshy turn into sleuths to land Nick (Ellis). However as soon as they lastly join, Mack wonders if this was what she wished all alongside?

Gamers, written by Whit Anderson and directed by Trish Sie, does not supply something new. However the enjoyable camaraderie inside Mack’s gang and the backdrop of New York add to the movie’s attract. It is also set within the fictional movie world that reporters and journalists inhabit, which means it depicts the occupation as a lot cooler and simpler than it truly is. However regardless of utilizing the recycled playbooks from earlier rom-coms, Gamers is a lightweight however entertaining look ahead to night time in, particularly for many who won’t have a big different on Valentine’s Day.