OFFICE ROMANCE
Time to Meet the Boss, Don’t Make it Weird.
What You Need To Know
OFFICE ROMANCE, streaming on Netflix, unfolds as a raunchy romantic comedy centered on a secret affair between Jackie Cruz, a determined President/CEO of the major airline Air Cruz, and her handsome yet awkward attorney, Daniel Blanchflower. They pursue chemistry and attraction despite her company’s strict non-fraternization policy. Office antics and ambitious competitors threaten the company Jackie built with her father.
Jackie Cruz, the iron-willed CEO of Air Cruz, faces constant scrutiny from her Board of Directors, who still include her father in meetings. Despite these challenges, Jackie excels in her role. Her hyperfocus on her career leaves her with no personal life. At the movie’s start, she seeks to expand Air Cruz’s reach, which triggers litigation by competitors.
When the company’s head attorney chokes on a sausage from a food truck, the need for a new lawyer arises. The British attorney Daniel Blanchflower, recently relocated to the US due to a complicated family situation, steps in to meet Jackie. David possesses impressive skills as a lawyer despite his tendency to stumble through awkward social situations. Initially, Jackie doubts his competence due to his nervousness. However, his legal talent soon impresses her, leading her to reconsider the previous attorney’s approach.
Jackie and Daniel discover their mutual awkwardness fosters exceptional teamwork. Their chemistry begins to transcend professional boundaries, threatening the corporate policies Jackie established.
A legal case sends Jackie and Daniel to the Dominican Republic, where they fly alone on her private plane, with Jackie as the pilot. Amid the tropical paradise, they lower their professional defenses and embark on a romantic affair, vowing to keep it confined to the island.
Upon returning to New Jersey, they struggle to conceal their relationship, facing constant scrutiny from observant colleagues. Daniel hides a secret from Jackie, prompting her to follow him. As cracks appear in their relationship, they realize their connection extends beyond a mere fling. However, circumstances may force them to terminate the romance.
Amid Jackie’s battle to maintain her position at Air Cruz and protect her dream, Daniel helps her discern which battles to fight and which to relinquish. The future of Air Cruz hangs in the balance, with impending scandal as competitors loom. They confront a heartbreaking decision. Yet, a glass-banging scene reminiscent of *THE GRADUATE* alters everything.
OFFICE ROMANCE features a romantic worldview intertwined with politically correct, feminist, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. OFFICE ROMANCE combines charming romance with overdone antics from supporting characters and awkward situations. While the film provides humor, it often relies on forced comedic elements, placing excessive emphasis on sexual themes.
The main characters feature as single-minded workaholics lacking depth and displaying unlikely awkwardness amid their high-powered careers. MOVIEGUIDE finds the movie excessive and advises caution for all viewers due to extreme language, graphic depictions of birth, alcohol abuse, and same-sex relationships.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
A romantic worldview with politically correct, feminist and homosexual elements. There are positive themes of pursuing a dream, taking care of loved ones, women being successful, listening to inner voice, encouraging maternity leave, accepting people as they are, and pursuing true love. However, there are strong, inappropriate themes of left-leaning political correctness that celebrates a work culture where sex in all forms including homosexuality and polyamory should be openly discussed and engaged in at a professional setting without regard. A female coworker is shown to be working in her late-pregnancy, insisting that she will return to work the next day after giving birth while giving the baby to a team of nannies. She is encouraged to do the opposite. She claims the pregnancy is a result of artificial insemination to avoid dealing with a relationship, citing her devotion to work
Foul Language
Heavy foul language. 37 profanities, 140 obscenities, including 67 uses of the “F” word, , 27 uses of the “Sh” word, and 16 uses of the word c**t. Mention of someone having scabies and a sarcastic comment about people throwing feces in a joking manner
Violence
A drunk woman falls and gets up with a bloody face. A mentally unstable woman is in jail for cutting a man’s head off with a machete (discussed not shown). Mention of suicide
Sex
Several scenes of implied sex during a montage of two people engaging in sexual activity but no body parts are shown. It’s implied that man has an erection though nothing is shown. Discussions of sex and relationships with an HR employee in a work culture where sex in all forms including homosexuality and polyamory should be openly discussed and engaged in at a professional setting without regard. A private investigator takes photos of a couple having an implied affair on vacation, a woman jokes about giving a man a lap dance, Jokes about masturbation, pornography, and sexual harassment
Nudity
Nudity is implied but not shown, except one shocking scene where a woman’s crotch gives birth and is shown in full detail without warning
Alcohol Use
Drinking shown in many scenes. A woman is drunk, picks a fight and severely injures her face falling
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drug use or abuse;
Miscellaneous Immorality
A couple hides an affair and lies to cover it up. Dysfunctional family dynamic between a father and daughter, where the father is unwilling to allow the daughter to come into her own as a leader even though he has stepped down, suggesting an unwillingness to let go due to greed, ego or pride.
