2022 · comedy · romance · disaster
The Valet
Directed by Richard Wong2h 3m2022
World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Antonio accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos.
Our read: The Valet (2022) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · disaster entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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