I was going to give up on romcoms now that Valentine’s Day is over. But then I found out that Netflix dropped Players ON Valentine’s Day. Of course I had to watch it.

Mackenzie (Gina Rodriguez), or Mack as she prefers, is a sports writers living in New York City. With her best friends/co-workers - Adam (Damon Wayans Jr), Brannagan (Augustus Prew), and Little (Joel Courtney) - have a book of plays they use to hook up with people. But when Mack catches feelings for her latest hook-up, Nick (Tom Ellis), the gang has to find a new play to turn this one night stand into a relationship.

I’m not sure who this movie is aimed at. Mack is supposed to be like a “guy’s girl.” She’s really into sports, she isn’t friends with any other women, and she sleeps around with no social consequences. (C’mon, if this were any other woman, she would be slut shamed the entire movie.) I think the Mack and Nick characters were gender swapped at some point. The characters make a little more sense then. But anyway, I don’t think that Mack and the guys appeal to women looking for a romcom. Nor do I think they appeal to men…who are looking for a romcom? This is firmly in the romcom section of Netflix. So….yeah, I don’t know who this movie is for.

And mostly that is because everyone in this movie kinda sucks. Mack is a very self-centered woman and we aren’t really given any reasons to root for her. Nick is pretty awful the entire time. The only reason I can see Mack wanting a relationship with him is because Tom Ellis is a very good looking man. Not a great basis for a relationship. Adam, Brannagan, and Little don’t get a lot of characterization. From the beginning, it’s easy to tell who Mack is going to end up with. I’m still not sure why though.

Sadly, Players let me down. I was hoping to like this movie. It had some really good actors and what I thought could have maybe been an interesting plot. But it falls completely flat. It’s a skip for me.

Rating: D