In ‘Office Romance,’ Brett Goldstein Proves a Worthy Match for Jennifer Lopez

And the truth is, you don’t even have to like Lopez to enjoy Office Romance, which breezes along on a current of enjoyable gags and reasonably lively banter. Lopez’s Jackie Cruz, who struts into work every day in don’t-mess-with-me stiletto heels, is both feared and respected by her employees. They all call her Ms. Cruz, never Jackie. She has guided her company, AirCruz, to extreme profitability. Still, she finds herself in the shadow of the company’s founder, Edward James Olmos’ Captain Jack Cruz, who also happens to be her father. He’s a gruff war hero who taught Jackie how to fly as a kid, and he still sits on the company’s board. During board meetings, he embarrasses and undermines her by calling her by a childhood pet name that, we’re told, translates into “Little Fatty.” Jackie is under enough pressure as it is: the company is being sued by a rival airline, whose lawyers are asserting that Jackie used “unseemly” methods to gain an impressive number of gates at a major U.S. airport. That means they’re accusing her of sleeping with a powerful man to gain favor, a charge that’s clearly both sexist and misogynistic.