The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Set It Up
Romance · Comedy · 2018
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Movie details
Set It Up
“Finding love takes some assistants.”
2018 Romance · Comedy 1h 45m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Set It Up?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Claire Scanlon
Written by
Katie Silberman
Zoey Deutch
Harper Moore
Glen Powell
Charlie Young
Lucy Liu
Kirsten Stevens
Taye Diggs
Richard "Rick" Otis
Joan Smalls
Suze
Meredith Hagner
Becca
Pete Davidson
Duncan
Court is in session
Put Set It Up on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.