A review by tjalexandernyc
The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

A clever NYC-centric retelling of Pretty Woman where the Richard Gere character's super lucrative big-shot business is, itself, sex work. Cole (our Richard Gere) is the CEO and public face of an OnlyFans/hookup app mashup while Teddy (our Julia Roberts) is a divorced guy whose beloved houseplant business has just bit the dust. Our heroes start fake dating and fall in love in the process. There's a fashion montage, obviously. Fake dating as a form of sex work is something I've touched on before in my own work, and it was fun to see that concept turned around and examined from another angle. SUPER high heat, flirting with kinky. Would recommend for fans of online drama, haute couture, and classic romcom reinventions.