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Netflix’s<em> Someone Great</em> Is a Forgettably Fun Breakup Comedy

<em>Jane the Virgin</em>’s Gina Rodriguez grounds this fizzy film about becoming single, moving on, and turning 30.
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Netflix’s ongoing (and laudable) efforts to revive romantic-comedy films have moved so quickly that the company is now plowing through every subgenre available. There was , an endlessly rewatchable workplace meet-cute flick; there was a pitch-perfect high-school throwback. Now, with , the moviemaking debut of Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (who created the TV series ), Netflix has its first good breakup film. This energetic misadventure, set over the course of one crazy night

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