When a celebrity chef (Ali Wong) returns to her native San Francisco to open a new restaurant, she runs into a childhood friend (Randall Park) whom she lost touch with after an ill-fated one-night stand. The pair reconnect, but a spanner is thrown into the works in the form of Keanu Reeves, playing a pretentious version of himself, who sweeps the former off her feet. Under Nahnatchka Khan’s direction, it’s a goofy charmer with hysterical one-liners and a keen eye for cultural detail.
Taylor Swift cited Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s gut-wrenching tale of love and loss as the inspiration for “Death by a Thousand Cuts”, the poignant break-up song from 2019’s Lover, which describes two people growing apart. The characters in question are Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) and Nate (Lakeith Stanfield), college sweethearts who separate after nine years. To heal, the former plans an epic night out with friends (DeWanda Wise and Brittany Snow), but secretly pines for a reconciliation.