She devises a plan to display her mementos in a gallery inside the hotel, along with a donation system, providing a space for collective catharsis, and a home for all the symbols of relationships gone by. Nick and Lucy keep running into each other after she mistakes his car for a ride share, and soon she’s swept him up into her tornado of oversharing and whimsy. Her roommates, Nadine ( Phillipa Soo, outfitted in gloriously Sapphic ‘70s duds) and Amanda (Molly Gordon, delightfully sociopathic), demand Lucy get rid of it all, but where to put it?Įnter Nick (Dacre Montgomery): a dreamer in his own right, pouring his blood, sweat, and tears into a ramshackle brick building he plans to turn into the Chloe Hotel. After an embarrassing work incident and subsequent breakup with her suave superior, Max (Utkarsh Ambudkar), at the toney Woolf Gallery, Lucy descends into a depression surrounded by all of her old tchotchkes and trash that remind her of her many, many broken hearts, mementos that ensure all of these old loves were real, at one point. It’s Lucy’s open heart, often broken, that is the fulcrum of Krinsky’s film. She’s a kooky, quirky art gallery assistant in New York City with a penchant for sentimental souvenirs that borders on hoarding and is the kind of leading lady with whom one can identify, or fall in love, and in the best-case scenario, a bit of both. With pluck and wit in spades, Viswanathan’s character, Lucy, is a classic rom-com heroine. A breakout in the 2018 high school comedy “Blockers,” Viswanathan’s charm and charisma power the winning romantic comedy “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” the debut of writer-director Natalie Krinsky. If Geraldine Viswanathan’s bubbly spirit could be bottled and distributed, the world would be a much brighter and funnier place. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC and local health officials. The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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