‘Am I OK?’ Review: A Late Bloomer in La La Land
variety.comAmy Nicholson Technically, Los Angeles receptionist Lucy (Dakota Johnson), the passive singleton of Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro’s frustratingly childish rom-com “Am I OK?,” is 32 years old.
Emotionally, she’s as awkward as a freshman with her first pimple. Lucy has never been in love, never had a real relationship, and never ends her dates with anything more than a handshake. “I feel so stupid, I should have figured this out by now,” Lucy blurts to her best friend Jane (Sonoya Mizuno) after too much tequila makes her weepy about her sexual paralysis. “There must be a reason why I’ve barely done it?”There is.
She needs to stop shaking hands with men and start smooching women like Brit, the flirtatious masseuse (Kinsey Clemons) at her salon.
That this revelation has only just hit Lucy adds to her angst — how embarrassing to come out now, she frets — and online quizzes that promise to resolve her sexuality aren’t helping. (One quiz hinges on whether she likes tennis, yes or no?) Instead, Lucy should take a hint from the way she continually sketches Brittany at work, or from how Brit acts toward her: teasing Lucy’s hair, leaning in for a kiss, and, at one point, sprawling across her lap like a stray kitten begging for a home.
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