Set It Up

"Finding love takes some assistants."

2018 1h 45m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 2,863

RomanceComedy

Synopsis

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

“Finding love takes some assistants.”

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Cast

Zoey Deutch
Harper Moore
Glen Powell
Charlie Young
Lucy Liu
Kirsten Stevens
Taye Diggs
Richard "Rick" Otis
Joan Smalls
Suze
Meredith Hagner
Becca
Pete Davidson
Duncan
Jon Rudnitsky
Mike

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Claire Scanlon
Writers: Katie Silberman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Claire Scanlon, shot by Matthew Clark. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Laura Karpman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Wendy Greene Bricmont shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell and Lucy Liu carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Finding love takes some assistants.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5304992 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Claire Scanlon directs. Matthew Clark behind the camera. Laura Karpman scores. Wendy Greene Bricmont cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Directed by Claire Scanlon, shot by Matthew Clark. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Laura Karpman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Wendy Greene Bricmont shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell and Lucy Liu carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Finding love takes some assistants.".
7IMDB entry: tt5304992 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "new york city", "sports", "date", "boss".

The technical file

Cinematography: Matthew Clark
Original score: Laura Karpman
Editing: Wendy Greene Bricmont
Production design: Jane Musky
Costume design: Rebecca Hofherr
Makeup / hair: Arielle Toelke
VFX supervisor: Aaron Raff
Sound: Anna Behlmer
Stunt coordinator: Ian Mclaughlin
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Set It Up (2018)

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Peter McGinn2021-08-05
★ 7/10
For me, Set it Up is a typical mid-quality romantic comedy. It is witty in places and a smart script mostly of the time. It separates itself from other rom-coms in at least one way. Normally you have a couple either in love at the start or who meet early on and fall in love, and then have to survive challenges along the way if they are to produce the required happy ending. Set it Up takes a different path, with two couples who don’t even like each other at first. The two personal assistants reluctantly agree to work together to play matchmaker for their bosses, with the idea that their jobs would get easier if the overbearing and frankly abusive managers got distracted by romance, or at least sex. So that is the set-up for Set It Up, and it is fairly well done. It didn’t rely on raunchy humor or explicit language or sex, which is always a plus for me. I don’t think I will feel compelled to watch it again, but I don’t regret seeing it the first time around.

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