Patel is a decent everyman and a passable slacker-romantic-lead and his musical ability is significant however the script is too simplistic and underbaked to give him much to develop or quite frankly do. James, unquestionably talented, is given even less she's relegated to pining for and awkwardly fawning over Jack. Kate McKinnon as Jack's blood-sucking manager Debra is easily a bright spot in the cast because she swings big and isn't hamstrung by the uninspired plot.
The central conceit is interesting and a great hook but the story never goes further than what feels like the elevator pitch. The ramifications of this alternate reality are never really explored and Jack's decent into selling out, his romantic redemption, all of it play out more like items on a check list rather than an actual engaging narrative.
Cute but lazy, an intriguing premise that doesn't develop beyond that.
Stream It.
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