‘Players’ Review: Netflix’s Insipid Rom-Com Should Remain on the Bench
variety.comCourtney Howard Many romantic comedies utilize deception as a key plot point. However, for every film that incorporates an inciting fib with smarts and heart (from “While You Were Sleeping” to “You’ve Got Mail”), there are others that lack a similar savvy finesse (like “How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days” and “The Wedding Date”). “Players” competes in the latter league.
Acting as a dumbed-down, gender-swapped kissing cousin to “Hitch,” it centers on a gal and her pals who know all the right moves to land hookups.
Director Trish Sie’s middling and at times mawkish film not only makes us hate the game, but also its players. Sports reporter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) has been playing the field for a long time and she likes it that way.
She and her conniving friends Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.), Sam (Augustus Prew) and his younger brother Little (Joel Courtney) routinely scheme and lie at bars to pick up unsuspecting marks for one-night stands.
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