Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae in The Lovebirds. | Skip Bolen/Netflix
A couple on the verge of a breakup have one wild night in Netflix’s new comedy.
Every week, new original films debut on Netflix, Hulu, and other digital services, often films with modest budgets and limited fanfare. Cinemastream is Vox’s series highlighting the most notable of these premieres, in an ongoing effort to keep interesting and easily accessible new films on your radar.
The Lovebirds
The premise: A couple who used to have chemistry is on the verge of breaking up — until they accidentally get implicated in a murder.
What it’s about: Really, The Lovebirds is an excuse to put Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in the same movie and let them bounce off one another. And I’m not complaining. The pair play Leilani (Rae) and Jibran
