The Rom-Com With a ‘Work Less’ Message
Netflix’s <em>Falling Inn Love</em>, starring Christina Milian, is the latest romantic comedy to set up frenetic professional toil as its villain.
Gabriela Diaz, the protagonist of Netflix’s newest rom-com, , thinks the world is planted firmly beneath her feet. The San Francisco designer, played by Christina Milian, begins the film with a clear routine in place: virtual-reality-assisted stationary cycling, strict yoga sessions, grueling hours at a firm run by unappreciative blockheads, and carb-free dinner dates with her similarly vacuous beau, Dean (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman). But the familiar demands of this hustle wear on Gabriela, and soon she’s forced
