Though the simplicity of this narrative, and the restricted, confined setting is a unique selling point for Nichols, it's also suffocating, and to the filmmaker's detriment.
As with most romantic comedies, the story falls apart with the formulaic injection of tension and the ensuing resolution, which is utterly outrageous even by rom-com standards.
The makers were aiming for a how-we-date-now rom-com. Instead, they've made a film that might have seemed hip 10 years back but now seems dated, cold and cynical.
Yet another would-be charming male fantasy about how even the smartest girls can be charmed out of their pants by a schlubby doofus with a penchant for heavy negging.