Risky Business

Slator (The Launch Date) entertains with this lively contemporary romance following entrepreneur Jess Cole as she works to get her fledgling tech company, Wyst, off the ground. Jess is dangerously overdrawn at the bank when she comes across an opportunity to apply for TechRumble, a Shark Tank–style competition sponsored by Odericco Investments. After Jess accidentally applies as Mr. Cole and gets accepted, she decides a man might have a better chance of winning and enlists her twin brother, Spencer, an actor, to be the face of Wyst. As they head to TechRumble in Rome, Jess plays the role of his assistant and prepares to feed him information for the pitch to investors. Complications arise when Jess finds herself falling for the attractive and playful Oliver Kavanagh, assistant to the Odericco CEO. After her last boyfriend shared intimate photos with their coworkers, destroying both of their careers, Jess is afraid to get involved with anyone, let alone risk a possible conflict of interest. Even worse, her trouble-making ex shows up in Rome with blackmail on his mind. There are some improbable plot beats along the way, but Jess’s efforts to fulfill her business dream are admirable, and her chemistry with Oliver feels organic. It’s easy to root for these two to find a happy ending. (Feb.)