ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019) Streaming on HBO platforms. Natalie (Rebel Wilson) is a New York architect going through a slump. She is not respected at work and her love life is lackluster. But things change after she gets mugged. Suddenly, Natalie’s life resembles a romantic comedy and she is the star. Her new world follows the classic tropes of the film genre, including a meet-cute with a sexy Australian man (Liam Hemsworth), a spontaneous dance number and a massive apartment with a fabulous wardrobe. In his review for The New York Times, Ben Kenigsberg wrote: “Wilson, leaning on her comic persona to compensate for the script’s lack of wit or inventiveness, is a reliable deadpanner. Her one-liners — calling the alternate universe she’s trapped in ‘“The Matrix” for lonely women,’ for example — are funny enough to carry this featherweight movie as far as it can go, which isn’t far.”

TRANSPARENT: MUSICALE FINALE Stream on Amazon Prime. The two hour movie musical represents the end of the award-winning series starring Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass. With the death of Maura (the character played by Jeffrey Tambor, who left the show in 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations), Shelly (Light) writes a musical to help her family cope with the loss. The musical numbers chronicle the stages of grief. In his review for The Times, James Poniewozik wrote, “The musical framing — bold colors and blunt lyrics — hammers flat what had been elegantly shaded characters, even when the individual songs work.”

