‘Love Life’ review: Can a rom-com stretch over 10 episodes and still have snap? Season 2 on HBO Max gives it a try
The anthology series “Love Life,” now in its second season on HBO Max, follows the dating ups and downs of New York City’s professional millennials. Last year, Anna Kendrick carried the show. This year it’s the endlessly watchable William Jackson Harper, who came to prominence on the sitcom “The Good Place” and then revealed further depths of his talents in the horror movie “Midsommar” and the Barry Jenkins epic series “The Underground Railroad.” Harper can be funny and tragically human in a single moment, which means he is absolutely the kind of actor who can carry a romantic comedy.
