Locked Down Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

3. It's A Totally Unique Rom-Com

No matter what you think of the film, it's tough to deny that it's a completely singular stab at a tired genre - an original spin on the rom-com template that couldn't have been made at any other time.

Sure, the central concept - a pair of former lovers being pushed back together amid trying circumstances - is nothing new, but the context through which it's filtered makes it feel mostly fresh.

Exes poring over their relationship history and plotting to pull off a heist while quarantining together is pretty out-there as rom-com plots go, and outside of the current pandemic it probably wouldn't fly with most audiences, but in our weird present it finds sure relatability.

And when it comes time for Linda and Paxton to inevitably kiss, an otherwise routine part of any rom-com film hits completely differently, given what we know about the measures which had to be taken for that kiss to be captured on-screen.