“Always Be My Maybe” — a new film starring and co-written by Ali Wong and Randall Park — continues Netflix’s streak of solid romantic comedies. That said, anyone expecting it to match Wong’s delightfully dirty stand-up (showcased in the Netflix specials “Baby Cobra” and “Hard Knock Wife”) might be disappointed. Instead, “Always Be My Maybe” feels like a throwback to ’90s romantic comedies; after all, Park and Wong have cited “When Marry Met Sally” and “Boomerang” as inspirations. On this week’s episode of the Original Content podcast, we’re joined by Catherine Shu to review the film, which tells the story of Marcus (Park) and Sasha (Wong), two childhood friends who grow up together in the Bay Area, lose their virginity to each other and then drift apart — until they cross paths again in their 30s. We didn’t all love the movie: Anthony, in particular, found some of the jokes and the character arcs to be a little formulaic.
Original Content Podcast: Netflix’s ‘always Be My Maybe’ Is A Surprisingly Sweet Romantic Comedy
Anthony Ha, TechCrunch
Sun, 06/09/2019 - 6:00am
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