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Set It Up

Set It Up

Romance · Comedy · 2018

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

Movie details

Set It Up

“Finding love takes some assistants.”

2018 Romance · Comedy 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Set It Up?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Claire Scanlon

Written by

Katie Silberman

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch

Harper Moore

Glen Powell

Glen Powell

Charlie Young

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Kirsten Stevens

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs

Richard "Rick" Otis

Joan Smalls

Joan Smalls

Suze

Meredith Hagner

Meredith Hagner

Becca

Pete Davidson

Pete Davidson

Duncan

Court is in session

Put Set It Up on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.