by Henry Pham
As you all know, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means it’s time for you and your special someone to pick out a movie to watch on Valentine’s Day. Relationship Goals focuses on Leah Caldwell, a television producer at a New York City morning show who is competing to become the program’s executive leader. However, her professional trajectory changes when her former partner, Jarrett Roy, joins the network and becomes her direct rival for the same position. As their professional rivalry continues, Leah must reevaluate her priorities and whether professional advancement and a renewed personal relationship can coexist.
Actress Kelly Rowland (The X Factor) portrays Leah Caldwell, a television producer striving to become the first woman to run New York’s top morning show as a showrunner. However, her dream is tested when a former romantic partner, Jarrett Roy (portrayed by Cliff “Method Man” Smith), re-enters her life, prompting her to reconsider her priorities. As an actress, she offers a sincere and likable performance, bringing warmth and credibility to her role. Her chemistry with Method Man is pleasant and brings an expected dynamic, though it can at times feel slightly unconvincing. Their past is alluded to as complicated, yet it is not fully explored, which reduces the emotional impact of the story.
With Rowland serving as one of the film’s executive producers, Relationship Goals, based on Michael Todd’s book and directed by Linda Mendoza, opts for a predictable, light storyline focused more on career ambition than romantic comedy. Though it touches on balancing love and leadership, it fails to develop these interesting ideas. Relationship rebuilding is set up but not meaningfully explored, and the screenplay resolves conflicts too quickly. It feels like it’s a movie that has been copied-and-pasted from another original romantic comedy movie. Despite this, it maintains a steady pace, but the narrative is unfocused and lacks emotional depth.
Relationship Goals is the laziest romantic comedy movie, featuring Kelly Rowland and Method Man. It feels like a television movie or a movie produced by either Lifetime or Hallmark due to its storytelling style and camerawork, even though it is released on Amazon Prime Video. It clocks in at 93 minutes long, which is not too bad but a bit shorter than it looks. I really want to see more, but that’s all there is to it. Kelly Rowland and Method Man are such good actors, but honestly, they deserve better opportunities than this. I’m sorry to say this, but this movie is not my cup of tea. If you’re looking for a movie to watch on Valentine’s Day, I would say skip it.
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