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I watched SET IT UP because I love LUCY LIU and ZOEY DEUTCH

Hey, it’s Dana!

The title basically says it all. Who doesn’t love Lucy Liu? (you can fight me if you don’t) She is seriously a *goddess*. As well as this, she was also the female Asian representation we had before the likes of London Tipton and Lara Jean (who are both, in their own way, utterly *iconic* - especially London because we need some dumb Asians once in a while, please and thank you).

This leads us into a nice segway to Zoey Deutch who starred alongside Brenda Song in The Suite Life on Deck as Maya (if you didn’t already know). It was a nice callback to my childhood because Zoey Deutch seems to be starring in more films (such as Zombieland 2) and is getting more publicity. But I will always remember her as Maya from Suite Life.

As for the two male leads, I don’t really know them that well but it does seem as though there is a lot of diversity and representation in the cast so I’m quite excited!

I love how her hair is just *chaotic* reflecting her job as an assistant being so overwhelming and crazy, which we witnessed in the opening scene with all the examples of assistants doing all the dirty work for their bosses.

OMG look at her! She is such a boss queen I love her so much!

A bit unrelated but his office looks really clean but quite empty. His office looks a bit like a shopping centre which is a bit off-putting.

I’m a bit confused about why she cries over sports so I hope they answer that with a backstory or something. However, even if they do decide to explain it with a backstory it’s probably going to be a weird one that’s meant for comedic effect.

Talking about the comedy, they do try to make a few jokes (such as her getting emotional over senior citizens playing sports in front of her boss and her crying once again over sports in her own home) but they haven’t actually made me laugh yet. So I really hope they improve the comedy or I’m going to be a tad bit disappointed.

I didn’t think it would annoy me this much but the fact that his office looks like a shopping centre keeps distracting me! Lucy Liu’s office looks perfecting fine it’s just Rick’s office which is quite annoying because the film predominately takes place in their offices.

Okay, so I think I finally (possibly) understand why Zoey Deutch’s character cries over sports so much because she wants to write for Kirsten’s website so she has a weird passion for sports - POSSIBLY…

However, I still remain utterly confused.

Awwwww the Creepy Maintenance Guy Tim is actually so *adorable* - I can’t! All he wants is a “SUCCULENT” but no matter how much he cares for them they just end up slowly dying because he works on the ground floor.

Also, it was quite nice of him to help them get Rick and Kirsten get stuck in the elevator.

That elevator scene, on the other hand, was seriously horrible. I believe it was an attempt at comedy (which actually seemed more comedic in the trailer) but played out, it was more awkward and sickening than funny.

Actually, they should bring back Creepy Tim because he was the only one who made me laugh a tiny bit.

“I hope you took the stairs.”

That was actually kind of a funny callback to the elevator scene where the guy who got locked in the elevator with them said he would only take the stairs because he’s claustrophobic but that day he decided to take the elevator instead…then he pissed himself.

This kiss cam scene was quite fun especially when the whole stadium started chanting for them to kiss.

My only critique is that there was a lot of anticipation and buildup in the lead up to the kiss but the camera only stayed on the kiss cam for about a few seconds before panning back to the assistants. I think it would’ve been a lot more *impactful* if they decided to leave it on Rick and Kirsten for a while and even zoom into their faces so we could see their full reaction to kissing each other and their realisation that they like each other. Then they pan the camera to their assistants and everyone cheering for them.

Lucy Liu just looks stunning in this suit. Omg, slay!

That’s it.

While it is a bit overexaggerating to argue over Korean BBQ, it was a bit rude of Rick to not let Kirsten invite him to come to dinner and show him how to eat the food he’s never tried before. Rick just seems a tad bit too proud to be with a strong, independent, entrepreneur like Kirsten.

Also, not to take any sides (but we can all see that I love Lucy Liu too much to not take her side) but Rick just seems like a man-child because he keeps smashing valuable items. I know he’s probably worth billions of dollars but computers and printers are *expensive* and every time he smashes one it hurts my soul.

Drunk Rick is lowkey funny though…(is it rude to say that I like him better drunk?)

But damn Lucy Liu does look fine…

I support Duncan and Harper’s friendship!

I do see what they’re trying to do here by creating this friendship to compare with Suze (Charlie’s girlfriend), who Duncan had previously said had no personality. I think they’re attempting to do the gay best friend trope to have Duncan push Charlie and Harper together by the end of the film.

I did find it funny when Harper revealed the first guy she ever had sex with came out as gay while coming inside of her probably because of the play on words (and the dirty joke, duh).

I did like this dancing scene because it was just weird and wacky. The lighting and the music was just so fitting.

I am enjoying the buildup of Harper and Charlie’s relationship and it was fun to watch Charlie spin her while she was all drunk.

Also, when she said “I want pizza” after he spun her around - I relate so much! The romantic music playing while they were eating the pizza was actually quite funny but also magical at the same time because you can really tell they’ve finally fallen for each other. And it was over PIZZA.

If that’s not romance then I don’t know what is.

Just a sidetrack but I love Zoey Deutch’s outfit with the tartan skirt.

Oh wow, okay! Just when you thought you could finally allow yourself to like Rick he goes, he decides to have a one night stand with his ex-wife! Before his wedding! With Kirsten!

Kirsten just deserves way better than Rick and only Harper knows that she does! #KirstenDeservesBetter.

This part before the ending is one of those cliches where she finally gets the time to write her article and he gets that promotion he wants and they both realise the mistakes they made until they finally come back together.

I usually find these bits boring and useless because they’ve been played out so many times in several different movies that you know everything’s going to be sorted out by the end of the movie.

Not to hate on Suze but she does take incredibly small bites of a $70 steak and she does put her cutlery on the table while she eats. They may be eating in a fancy restaurant where everything is super clean but that’s still quite unsanitary. Sorry, Suze.

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this moment since I laid eyes on Rick and he got what he deserves! Also, it was quite funny when one of the guys mistook Charlie’s big speech as him trying to win Kirsten from Rick. Not gonna lie, but if I was Charlie I would have just gone with it, grab Kirsten, then yeet off far far away from Rick.

Ahhhhh! Okay, this ending was fantastic! I love how he was just straightforward with the yes “I like you” and I love their cute little banter just before kissing.

So overall this movie wasn’t great at first, as they tried too hard to be funny when the jokes just didn’t quite land. However, as the movie progressed, the jokes were still not great but they did deserve a small laugh or grin (emphasis on the *small*)

The relationship between Kirsten and Rick did play out well and it was a good choice to finally have Kirsten dump Rick’s ass after she realised they truly did not know anything about each other (and she needed someone who was more of her equal rather than a man-child who’s threatened by a strong woman). I did want Charlie to tell Kirsten that Rick got back with his ex-wife before their wedding because that would’ve been the icing on the top of the reasons why everyone should hate Rick! (Get rid of the Rick’s in your life, girls, just saying!)

As for Harper and Charlie’s relationship, I’m quite satisfied with how it progressed slowly through the movie with the highlights of their relationship being the dancing scene and them eating pizza together, then that final kiss (which was just perfect!)

What movie should I watch next???

Bonus:

Yayyyyy Crazy Tim! This was actually a nice callback to Crazy Tim by having him see them kissing on the CCTV camera because we all know he just loves love and wants everyone to fall in love and be happy!

#CrazyTimDeservesLove!

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