Going into A Perfect Pairing, my hopes were admittedly low. It seemed like every other cheesy, run of the mill romance movie, and I was incredibly disappointed to find that it was.

A Perfect Pairing is about a young adult named Lola, who decides to spend two weeks in an Australian sheep farm to secure a deal with a wine brand headed by celebrity Audra Vaughn after quitting her former company. There, she meets Max, a well-rounded farmhand tasked with training her. These characters were all so forgettable that I had to look up their names.

The issue with this film is that it takes no risks. While I have absolutely no issue with the romance genre, only so many carbon copy films can be produced within it before you ask yourself: why? Despite releasing just last month, A Perfect Pairing feels more like a movie I’d see in the early 2000s, but without the charm of the grainy quality and outdated fashion. There’s only one word to describe it, and it’s plain. The movie is just plain, from the casting choices, to the sets, to the costumes, to the plot and dialogue. Even the jokes in this so-called “romcom” are hardly funny. Anything briefly interesting, like Lola’s painfully forced conflict with Max when she learns he’s secretly the younger brother of Audra Vaughn, doesn’t carry much weight when the viewer already knows it’ll be sorted by the end of the film. And it is.

In the very last 13 minutes, Max and Lola are suddenly reunited several months after her time spent in Australia. Max decides that he’s done keeping his identity a secret, and wants to be himself while in a relationship with Lola. They then have a very long, uncomfortable, and public make-out session. The film ends with a lesbian wedding between two of Max and Lola’s shared friends, which I’m sure is only there so Netflix can cram it into their June Pride Film Collection and pat themselves on the back for bare minimum representation.

If you want a lighthearted romance movie, A Perfect Pairing is certainly an option. But it’s also a safe one. I can’t recommend it to anyone who wants even a shred of engaging plot.