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‘Upgraded’ Review: Camila Mendes Takes Flight in a First-Class Cinderella-esque Rom-Com
A frustrated auction house assistant pretends to be her boss and gets caught in a chaotic whirlwind of glamor and romance in Amazon's savvy story.
Director Carlson Young and screenwriters Christine Lenig, Justin Matthews and Luke Spencer Roberts ground sharp, soaring sentiments in a reachable reality, innovatively remixing the genre’s familiar formulas to create their own meaningful and rather endearing movie. Young’s innate dexterity with dynamic, delicately faceted female characters has notably carried over from her sumptuously stylized directorial debut “The Blazing World.” While the visuals in her follow-up feature are comparatively workmanlike, there’s an undeniable energetic vibrancy. The montage set to Cocteau Twins’ brightly dimensional pop song “Iceblink Luck” pulls double duty, not solely furthering narrative momentum by showcasing the couple’s deepening romance and Ana’s rise towards success, but also making us equally as enamored with the loveliness on display.
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