Relationship Goals (2026) poster
2026 · romance · comedy

Relationship Goals

Directed by Linda Mendoza1h 36m2026
ElsewhereIMDb4.61kMetacritic37
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.

Our read · Relationship Goals (2026) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded romance · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want a breezy modern romcom about career ambition and rekindled chemistry.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want deep emotional drama or avoid romcom clichés and tropes.

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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