![]() She’s in desperate need of a literal life shake-up, which arrives courtesy of some turbulence on a flight back to New York after a disastrous business trip to Chicago. She’s also suffering from a case of low self-esteem. ![]() ![]() Not only is she stuck in a dead-end job as a marketing manager at a financially flailing organic edibles company, she feels trapped in a lackluster romance with doting but dorky boyfriend Connor (David Ebert). That said, it lacks a sense of uniqueness to set it apart from other female-centric book-to-screen adaptations.Įmma Corrigan ( Alexandra Daddario) isn’t living her best life. Based on Sophie Kinsella’s book, her first standalone novel after the success of her “Confessions of a Shopaholic” series, its candy-floss-lite sentiments and strong lead performances carry the picture beyond the genre’s limitations. ![]() ![]() Director Elise Duran’s “Can You Keep A Secret?” makes it clear from the very first moments the animated opening credits play over the Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed” that it’s going to be a sweet, if not satisfactory time spent in the golden-hour glow of this romantic comedy’s world. ![]()
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