What is Set It Up about?
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Two overworked assistants hatch a whimsical plan to trick their demanding bosses into falling in love.
Romantic and feel-good, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
Set It Up parents guide
No surprises for an R: some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byClaire Scanlon
StarringGlen Powell, Zoey Deutch, Taye Diggs, Joan Smalls, Meredith Hagner, Lucy Liu
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