“LOVE LIFE” IS A ROM-COM ANTHOLOGY SERIES THAT SQUANDERS INTERESTING IDEAS, MAKING ANOTHER GENERIC GENRE INSTALLMENT

Review of HBO Max’s Love Life:

HBO Max has finally launched with over 10,000 hours of free streaming, including many big movies, HBO shows and even new originals…And this is what we get! The Anna Kendrick-starring romantic comedy show dubbed Love Life physically made me mad while watching. I could barely make it through the pilot while only relying on Kendrick’s charms. There are some redeemable factors including a couple worthy jokes, and, of course, Kendrick’s always fun performance—but rom-coms are really beginning to drag. This one is about Darby (Kendrick) who meets a charming man named Augie Jeong (Jin Ha) as they begin to form their first relationship together. As the series progresses, we see Darby in several different relationships going from first to lasting love. The idea is fairly interesting, to create an anthology series of sorts with the genre of romantic comedy. It works sporadically, but for a show made by a streaming service I was anticipating for a while, it did not work for me. For reasons unknown, the series is almost desiring to be another generic rom-com, settling for the mediocre, run-of-the-mill installment to the genre that lacks creativity. A lot of folks will likely watch this show, and because people are so into these really average streaming picks, it could even get a season two. Well, as you hopefully now know, I will be skipping any future seasons of this series!

Should you Binge, Browse, or Skip?

Love Life has a few interesting ideas, and a charming Anna Kendrick, but it too often squanders the potential creativity, settling for a very meh, generic series. I would say…SKIP IT