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‘Players’ Review: Netflix’s Insipid Rom-Com Should Remain on the Bench
A sportswriter and her pals covertly orchestrate her relationship with a hunky war reporter in Netflix's insipid 'Players.'
She and her conniving friends Adam ( Damon Wayans Jr.), Sam (Augustus Prew) and his younger brother Little (Joel Courtney) routinely scheme and lie at bars to pick up unsuspecting marks for one-night stands. From moment one, we home in on Adam’s puppy-dog eyes and caring behavior toward her: walking her safely to the subway, letting on he knows what she eats when she’s sad, supporting her career and providing a shoulder to cry on when — as the score obtrusively does the heavy lifting — she grieves over cherished memories. Wayans Jr., having been a solid draw in “Long Weekend,” “Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar” and “Happy Endings,” has no poker face when it comes to the material, but does show some promise in this genre as a marquee man.
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