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- 2021
- Unrated
- Netflix
- 1 h 32 m
- 2021
- Unrated
- Netflix
- 1 h 32 m
Summary After years of putting her career ahead of love, stand-up comic Andrea Singer (Iliza Shlesinger) has stumbled upon the perfect guy. On paper, he checks all the boxes but is he everything he appears to be?
Directed By: Kimmy Gatewood
Written By: Iliza Shlesinger
- 2021
- Unrated
- Netflix
- 1 h 32 m
- 2021
- Unrated
- Netflix
- 1 h 32 m
Good on Paper
54
4.5
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Summary After years of putting her career ahead of love, stand-up comic Andrea Singer (Iliza Shlesinger) has stumbled upon the perfect guy. On paper, he checks all the boxes but is he everything he appears to be?
Directed By: Kimmy Gatewood
Written By: Iliza Shlesinger
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Containing razor-sharp witticisms about feminine intuition, gendered sexual politics and relationships (both platonic and romantic), it excels beyond its self-deprecating title.
A witty tale of deceit and betrayal, it’s an uncomfortable look at the values we tend to buy into and why.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
4.5
38% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
44% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
4.5
38% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
44% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Absolutely hilarious, strong female protagonist, could not rate highly enough. Definitely worth a watch. This movie was incredible. Iliza has done an incredible job encapsulating the mind bending nonsense of what it's like being in a relationship with a man who lies to you, and feels like he's entitled to your time, attention, and love, regardless of how he treats you.
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The sometimes hilarious Good on Paper is actually an anti-romantic comedy.
Good on Paper can’t quite find its footing, offering insight and sparkle in only fits and starts.
The film is self-aware enough to understand that it shouldn’t be trying to reinvent the wheel, and the result is a perfectly serviceable and sometimes genuinely funny rom-com bolstered by a few standout supporting roles and the strength of its premise.
It all goes off the rails in the worst way in the chaotic final act, as Schlesinger invents a farcical, and increasingly ludicrous, way to wrap things up, the truth of what happened proving far too pedestrian for the framework she’s created.
Good on Paper wasn’t that good as a stand-up segment; as a movie, it should be permanently erased from the memories of anyone unlucky enough to have seen it.
this is quite a funny show about girls bashing up disgusting guys. jokes are quite smart and the actress is a real stand-up comedian. the guy seemed to be a good guy and quite handsome in a nerdy way. he was so believable and the audience might fall for him too until all those horrible lies start to emerge. subtle at first.
glad to see the funny butch margaret cho back on screen. and she is really really originally funny and good that she had very significant air time in this movie.
i loved this movie and would recommend it, since there's nothing much to watch these days
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The premise is great and I got a few laughs but the characters were very two dimensional. The boyfriend was gross and pathetic, Iliza always tried her best, and her friend was a badass. That's it.
Perhaps the hardest part of watching this movie is how heavy-handed it is. After each moment when the boyfriend or Pretty Girl do something wrong, Iliza or another character has to spell out to us how gross it is. I wanted to feel palpable awkwardness and instead it feels like a classroom lesson. For example, Dude Bro is a complete bonehead but then randomly pipes up "that's pretty ableist, bro". He's just another mouthpiece.
I thought the courtroom scene was a great idea, since the whole movie is a judgement of their relationship. The talking in the toilets part creeped me out.
I'd recommend this movie if you like "gotcha!" comebacks, but it really wasn't for me.
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bad
[ bad ]
adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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It's as if Iliza Schlesinger is still bitter, IRL, that she has to milk this "I was conned by this guy" victim mentality, stand-up bit that she has been doing since she started, which was mediocre at best, which translates into a horrible, self-indulgent, vanity movie. Then again Netflix, does greenlight excrement like this and Cuties.
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Production Company
Burn Later Productions,
Meridian Content,
Universal Pictures
Release Date Jun 23, 2021
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Unrated
Tagline If he checks all your boxes, check again.
