HBO Max fans sent into a FRENZY over Dakota Johnson’s long-awaited movie – as early reviews hail it as ‘adorable buddy comedy’

The buzz for the upcoming drama series Am I OK? looks a lot more than just okay, thanks to the promising talk on social media and rave reviews.

In the film, co-directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, Dakota Johnson plays a woman in her early thirties who comes to terms with her sexuality, namely becoming aware of her attraction to other women.

The script – which one critic described as a “buddy comedy” as it follows the friendship between Johnson’s Lucy and Sonoya Mizuno’s Jane – was loosely based on screenwriter Lauren Pomerantz’s journey of self-discovery.

Production was plagued by delays COVID scares extending the filming period from 20 to 40 days back in 2021, as Johnson described in a 2022 virtual lecture hosted by IndieWire.

“I would say half the time I was making this movie I was thinking, ‘There’s no way we can finish this movie. This just won’t get done.’ Because he kept dropping out!’ Notaro admitted in the same conversation.

But after a positive reception at Sundance in 2022, the film’s future looks bright ahead of its June 6 release.

‘Am I okay? It’s so easy to love,” Tina Kakadelis wrote Past the Cinerama Dome.

“Charming in all the right places, angry in others, and sometimes deep-in-your-stomach sad, Pomerantz has written a delightful slice-of-life comedy,” the review continued, ultimately giving the film five out of five. stars.

Alex Billington, from FirstShowing.netcharacterized the film as a ‘cute buddy comedy.’

‘It never tries to be more complex or thought-provoking than it needs to be. It’s ultimately a more mainstream, laugh-out-loud comedy rather than anything more complicated or intellectual,” the review continued.

Comments on the trailer’s release on X were enthusiastic about the premiere, which arrived at the start of Pride Month.

“Dakota plays a lesbian woman, okay, life is worth living again,” one person wrote.

Another said: ‘I’ve been waiting forever for this! I’m glad to see it finally coming out soon.”

“This seems like a better role for Dakota Johnson than her role in Madame Web,” wrote one user, who also threw shade at the actress’s star-studded role in the woefully received Marvel film.

The film’s production was initially plagued with delays, mainly due to multiple COVID scares during filming in 2021

In the trailer, Johnson’s Lucy is seen dodging a man’s kiss and googling “how do you know if you’re a lesbian?” ‘ at work – and asking no one in particular, ‘Am I OK?’

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‘Okay. I’m interested,” a second admitted.

“Anything that has Dakota in it (except Madam Web) I’m watching so on June 6th I’ll be there,” said a third, who also backhandedly disapproved of Madame Web, which got an 11 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The trailer, which dropped this month, opens with Lucy and Jane discussing how Lucy has seemingly taken charge of a new male romantic prospect.

Then to Lucy dodging his kiss on a date, so emphatically that she falls off the bed.

From there we see Lucy crying in the bathroom as she googles “how do you know if you’re a lesbian?” at work – and asking no one in particular, “Am I okay?”

Meanwhile, her dialogue and relationship with best friend Jane suggest a sexual tension that lies just beneath the surface that Lucy seems unwilling to confront.

The film will debut exclusively on HBO Max.