Nerd Critic

The Lovebirds wastes its two best assets, Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, by letting the entire burden of comedy rest on their shoulders. We were both looking forward to this movie a lot, and it turned out to be quite the disappointment. If you're interested, watch the first act, then shut it down and check out some of the other movies we talked about in this episode. 4:00 - Discussing the names above the line 6:15 - Our spoiler-free review 8:42 - Jordan's theory about how this movie got made 11:37 - Spoiling and a little bit of nerding 19:20 - Our critical criticisms 26:20 - The deconstruction of a representative scene 33:30 - Next week: The Edge of Seventeen and The Two Popes, both on Netflix Movies to watch that are better: - The Big Sick - Date Night - Game Night - Neighbors and Neighbors 2