Camilla Mendez has been getting some work done since Riverdale and honestly all of her other projects have shown what a great actress she is when the script isn’t terrible. Her latest streaming service movie is Upgraded and it’s on Amazon Prime. Mendez is also listed as an executive producer on the project.
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It’s a cute movie, Upgraded is nothing groundbreaking but very sweet and really entertaining. The best part is that the big twist is that this girl got in bed with psychopathic rich people and that ends up working in her favor. The dialogue is so amazingly written, it is hilarious. I love that it’s technically a romantic comedy, it has the tropes and the relationship but if you take out the romance it still kind of works. Very little of this movie hinges on the romance and it is driven by Ana’s incredible work ethic and ambition. The relationship is kind of an afterthought. I’d give the movie a very solid 7.5/10. It was genre appropriate, it was smart, it was funny I guess I just was more invested in Anna’s career progression then I was in her relationship. Like if the movie just ended with her getting her gallery without the appearance of the boy then I would have been okay with that.
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