There is no lack of the usual premiere on Netflix of a genre that is especially profitable for the streaming platform: the romantic comedy. Another strategy that is working quite well for him is to recover former youth stars for this type of production. In this case, the chosen one has been Victoria Justice (‘Victorious’, ‘Zoey 101’) to star ‘such for which’the latest rom-com that It has been in the top 1 of the most watched on Netflix for days.
Long live the wine!
Lola Alvarez (Justice) is a successful wine business who, from one day to the next, is stabbed in the back by stealing a project. outraged, decides to resign and set up his own company of wines. Knowing that it will not be easy to start from scratch, Lola decides to go all out and get a powerful client who can open the doors of the business for her.
Neither short nor lazy, travel to australia to propose to Hazel Vaughn, owner of a prestigious wine brand who does not seem very willing to risk her image for a start-up company. Lola he does not plan to give up even if he has to start shearing sheep on the family farmunder the strict supervision of her (attractive) new boss.
With this approach, it is clear that we are facing the classic romantic comedy where we are going to stepping on familiar ground all the time: the enthusiastic and idealistic girl as opposed to the more realistic and calm boy, the initial dynamic of “fish out of water” with Lola trying to adapt to life in the countryside, as everything works out with effort and positivity…
Less is more
A very classic proposal in that sense, with a development that tries to alternate comedy and romance without charging too much ink or abusing those types of scenes that end up embarrassing others (something quite common in some of the similar recent titles on the platform ). Here they have opted for simplicity and the result is much more digestible.
The beginning of the film is the best, when the main plot and the characters are presented with that nice and light tone, making the first half of the film quite enjoyable. Perhaps the main problem is that second halfwhere there is hardly any conflict left to resolve and it ends up being long waiting for that outcome because there really isn’t much more to tell.
The main pair also stays a little at half gas. It’s not that they’re completely uninteresting, but with that title (‘A perfect pairing’ in the original), and with that clash of personalities at the beginning, they leave with the desire to have exploited their unresolved sexual tension and to better develop the passage from the initial enmity to a greater understanding. Also, the “final confession” is so weak that it ends up not having the desired dramatic impact.
In conclusion, ‘Tal para cual’ is a simple romantic comedy with a promising start that, although it is deflating, is still a much more decent product than the level Netflix has accustomed us to in this field. With a Victoria Justice exploiting her most comical visis a good option if you like the genre and want to have an entertaining time.
