The Hating Game

Name: The Hating Game
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 09 Dec 2021
Rating: 7.31
Cast: Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Corbin Bernsen, Sakina Jaffrey, Damon Daunno

Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.

Year: 2021

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Studio: BCDF Pictures, Convergent Media, Big Indie Pictures, Federal Films, Mister Smith Entertainment, Vertical

Director: Peter Hutchings

Cast: Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Corbin Bernsen, Sakina Jaffrey, Damon Daunno, Yasha Jackson

Crew: David Mepham (Executive Producer), Amy Hutchings (Casting), Dana Sano (Executive Producer), Astrid Brucker (Costume Designer), Debbie DeVilla (Production Design), Ruy García (Sound Designer)

Runtime: 102 minutes

Release: Dec 09, 2021

IMDb: 7.31/10 by 1,095 users

Language: English

Budget: 0

Revenue: 0

Keyword : new york city, based on novel or book, rivalry, love-hate relationship, nemesis, falling in love, young woman, young man, merger, job promotion, office romance, publishing house, holidays, enemies to lovers, romantic, adoring, working toward job promotion

Comment

CinemaSerf 2023, Nov 24

For about five minutes there's an amusing degree of toxicity between rivals "Lucy" (Lucy Hale) and "Josh" (Austin Stowell) who are both vying for the new job as managing director at their firm. They share an office and a very thinly veiled attraction to each other and after a few snide comments the smart-mouthery goes the way of the dodo and off we go on a predictable rom-com that surprisingly enough manages to string itself out for almost one hundred whole minutes of precisely no jeopardy, very little comedy and writing that is the stuff of a pubescent fantasy. How can a couple, called "Lucy" and "Josh" not hit it off? It's not like they are called Geoffrey and Gladys! Add to this rather watery mix poor old "Danny" (Damon Daunno) who is keen on her but ends up being her emotional pin-cushion, and her warring bosses "Helen" (Sakina Jeffrey) and a clearly down on his luck Corbin Bernsen ("Bexley") and we have the makings of an instantly forgettable, cheesy and predicable yarn that even the dulcet tones of Nina Simone cant really breathe life into. Daytime telly fodder - nah!