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Rachel Sussman
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Indoor enthusiast. Writer. Strong opinions about mediocre comfort watch rom-coms. ChronicallyStreaming.com
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MERRY LITTLE EX-MAS (2025): Whence the Merry, Netflix?

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MERRY LITTLE EX-MAS (2025): Whence the Merry, Netflix? - Chronically Streaming
How fun would it be, thought Netflix, if instead of your usual Christmas movie we offered people a glimpse of a not-so-charismatic couple in a nearly dissolved marriage getting DIY therapy from all ki...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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MANGO (2025): Goes Down Smooth Enough If You Don't Mind Some Patriarchal Pits and Emotional Wilting

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MANGO (2025): Goes Down Smooth Enough If You Don't Mind Some Patriarchal Pits and Emotional Wilting - Chronically Streaming
Mango (2025) is mostly your run-of-the-mill glossy travel-brochure rom-com that pounds its chest about the horrors of big hotels eating up the landscape, while also probably enticing many viewers to v...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I have hidden
the crunchy snacks
that you were eating

and which
you were chomping
directly
in my ear

Forgive me
it was that
or murder you
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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NOBODY WANTS THIS S2: Sometimes Things Get Worse To Get Better

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NOBODY WANTS THIS S2: Sometimes Things Get Worse To Get Better - Chronically Streaming
Okay. Look. I’ve heard that a lot of people are down on the second season of  Nobody Wants This, and I get the criticism, but I ended up liking this season more than I expected. I mean, don’t get me w...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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SUZE (2023): An Acerbic, Funny, Awkward, and Warm Reminder That Our Big Lives Are Shaped By Small Connections and Moments

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SUZE (2023): An Acerbic, Funny, Awkward, and Warm Reminder That Our Big Lives Are Shaped By Small Connections and Moments - Chronically Streaming
Suze (2023) has been on my watchlist for ages, but I kept passing it over for shinier, newer looking things. I’d say I wish I watched it sooner, except that I’m so glad I watched it at this moment whe...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Sorry I’m late. I just needed to spend five hours researching the backstory of a TikTok influencer I don’t follow so I could understand someone’s offhand reference to a two-minute video.
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Always ready to assist.
An orange cat’s head pokes up above a tabletop right next to a white plate as he watches someone grate Parmesan cheese onto it with a microplane.
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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MAINTENANCE REQUIRED (2025): Has Its Charms, but Needs Some Serious Tune Ups

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MAINTENANCE REQUIRED (2025): Has Its Charms, but Needs Some Serious Tune Ups - Chronically Streaming
First of all, I am entirely amused by the people who feel cheated because Maintenance Required (2025) is “ripping off” the 90s classic rom-com You’ve Got Mail (1998). Hoo boy. Listen up Internet Stran...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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A woman in her 50s with charisma?!? What will they think of next?
Screenshot of the thumbnail information for the series Agathe Koltes on Prime Video. Two women stand next to each other. The title is below them and below that is a watch now button, a plus button, and a hide button. These are followed by the text "First Episode Free" Five star raiting 2022 TV-MA "Season 1 Fifty-something yet charismatic police commander Agathe Koltès is transferred to the police statio...
October 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I LOVE YOU FOREVER (2024): When a Rom-Com Explodes Into a Darkly Comedic, Chilling Story of Emotional Abuse

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I LOVE YOU FOREVER (2024): When a Rom-Com Explodes Into a Darkly Comedic, Chilling Story of Emotional Abuse - Chronically Streaming
Given that I believe irony, sarcasm, and humor are the surest winds to fill your sails and guide your ship through life’s roughest moments, it will likely come as little surprise that I enjoyed how I ...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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SHE SAID MAYBE (2025): A Gauzy Rom-Com With a Charismatic Couple, Scenic Vistas, and a Few Surprises

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SHE SAID MAYBE (2025): A Gauzy Rom-Com With a Charismatic Couple, Scenic Vistas, and a Few Surprises - Chronically Streaming
While She Said Maybe (2025) is largely held together with well-apportioned faces, pleasant vistas, and your own ability to spackle over the holes in character development, it’s by no means an unpleasa...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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So are we going to see any migraine orgs stepping up to reiterate the safety of Tylenol during pregnancy given it's one of few (pharma) treatments available to people with migraine when they're pregnant?
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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LOVE FOREVER (2025): Amiable Enough Rom-Com With Charismatic Leads and Undertones of Equality

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LOVE FOREVER (2025): Amiable Enough Rom-Com With Charismatic Leads and Undertones of Equality - Chronically Streaming
The good news about the Swedish rom-com Love Forever (2025) is that it never devolves into a completely chaotic mess of meanness and fighting couched as humor. The less good news is that it never real...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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THE WRONG PARIS (2025): Gets About One Thing Right

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THE WRONG PARIS (2025): Gets About One Thing Right - Chronically Streaming
You know when someone absolutely falls ass over teakettle and then pops up at the end, throws their arms in the air, yells ta-da, and “sticks the landing”? Yeah, that’s kind of what watching The Wrong...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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See how Belly moves to Paris, struggles at first with the language, and then, as time passes, becomes more fluent? That’s all I want for Emily in Paris. Justice for Emily’s language skills! Let the woman learn passable French!
September 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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THEATER CAMP (2023): Goofy, Silly Fun With a Tender Message About Belonging and Place

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THEATER CAMP (2023): Goofy, Silly Fun With a Tender Message About Belonging and Place - Chronically Streaming
Sometimes you just need to cram your brain with enough warmth, tenderness, goofiness, and goodness that it can temporarily blot out all the real world horrors. Enter Theater Camp (2023), a mockumentar...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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BOB TREVINO LIKES IT (2024): A Damn Good Movie About Kindness and Human Connection

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BOB TREVINO LIKES IT (2024): A Damn Good Movie About Kindness and Human Connection - Chronically Streaming
It’s possible my eyes slid right past the title Bob Trevino Likes It at least a hundred times without really noticing it. Bob Trevino Likes It? It’s just such an unassuming name for what turns out to ...
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September 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU (2025): I Fell For It Again?

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THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU (2025): I Fell For It Again? - Chronically Streaming
Are you fucking kidding me? Is every movie this summer about a doomed lover? I admit I did have some nagging doubts before I started watching The Map That Leads to You (2025), but they were mostly abo...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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MY OXFORD YEAR (2025): I Demand Something Happier

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MY OXFORD YEAR (2025): I Demand Something Happier - Chronically Streaming
So many summers ago, I remember sitting in my local independent movie theatre as the credits rolled on yet another utterly depressing film, watching as the scattered patrons in attendance either sat i...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Why does Hulu find it so hard to sync the subtitles to the audio?
August 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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THE HUNTING WIVES (2025): Save Yourself

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THE HUNTING WIVES (2025): Save Yourself - Chronically Streaming
Watching The Hunting Wives (2025) makes me want to seek out the show’s creators just so I can gently cradle their faces in my hands, stare deeply into their eyes, and ask, WHat in the ever loving fuck...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Blissful Watches of Times Past to Soothe Your Weary Eyeballs

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Blissful Watches of Times Past to Soothe Your Weary Eyeballs - Chronically Streaming
Whether August in your part of the world is the last gasp of summer or the winding down of winter, it seems like a good time to revisit an old favorite watch, finally watch something that’s been on yo...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A NICE INDIAN BOY (2024): A Nice Romantic Movie

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A NICE INDIAN BOY (2024): A Nice Romantic Movie - Chronically Streaming
Okay. I just enjoyed the heck out of A Nice Indian Boy (2024). It’s a delightful and funny story of how an uptight guy, still not comfortable in his own skin, unexpectedly finds the perfect guy for hi...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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BOOT CAMP (2024): Light Enough to Melt On Your Brain Like Cotton Candy, But With Just a Tang of Empowerment

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BOOT CAMP (2024): Light Enough to Melt On Your Brain Like Cotton Candy, But With Just a Tang of Empowerment - Chronically Streaming
Boot Camp (2024) is perhaps not a name you would immediately associate with a rom-com that will melt on your brain like cotton candy but not leave behind that all-too-familiar acrid tasting patriarcha...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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FLOAT (2023) & WORTH THE WAIT (2025): Turn Your Thinking Down and Enjoy the Feel-Good Comforts

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FLOAT (2023) & WORTH THE WAIT (2025): Turn Your Thinking Down and Enjoy the Feel-Good Comforts - Chronically Streaming
Assuming you turn your expectations and critical thinking down to a low simmer and let your brain fill with the vaporous feel-good ideas and emotions created by Float (2023) and Worth the Wait (2025),...
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July 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM