Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
Acting
Lucy Hale's micro-expressions during the elevator scenes deserve awards.
Costume
Joshua's knitwear collection is doing more work than the script.
Production
That office set looks like every publishing house Pinterest board ever made.
Director
Peter Hutchings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The paintball sequence deviates significantly from the book, where their first kiss happens in an elevator during a fire drill—Hutchings swapped claustrophobic intimacy for chaotic physical comedy.
This landed in the brief 2021 window when office romances felt nostalgic rather than dystopian; post-pandemic, the 'return to office' energy hits completely different.
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