Set It Up

Set It Up is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Claire Scanlon, written by Katie Silberman, and starring Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Taye Diggs, and Lucy Liu.

[2] Harper Moore is the assistant to Kirsten Stevens, a former journalist and now editor of an online sports journalism empire.

Initially, the two plan to orchestrate a "meet cute" by having Rick and Kirsten's elevator stalled, with the help of janitor Creepy Tim, however, their plot goes awry when they are joined by a delivery man suffering from claustrophobia who starts stripping and urinating.

Charlie and Harper then arrange for the two to sit beside each other at a baseball game, bribing the operator of the kiss-cam to pressure them into kissing.

However, things between Rick and Kirsten quickly become bumpy and Harper and Charlie realize they must work hard to keep their bosses together.

They manipulate the two into staying together by secretly planning dates, leaving notes and gifts, and organizing a weekend getaway for them.

Charlie, realizing he doesn't love Suze, breaks up with her and runs to the airport, where Rick and Kirsten are about to leave to elope.

[4] In June 2017, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu, and Joan Smalls joined the cast of the film.

The website's consensus reads: "Set It Up follows the long-established outlines of the rom-com template - and in the process, proves there's still substantial pleasure to be wrought from familiar formulas.

"[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.