Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.
Isi & Ossi is a charming but formulaic romantic comedy that leans heavily on the classic 'opposites attract' and 'fake relationship turns real' tropes. The leads have decent chemistry and the performances are likable, giving the acting a modest edge above average. Cinematography is functional but unremarkable for a Netflix production of this type. The plot and ending are competent crowd-pleasers without surprising twists, and the novelty is limited by its very familiar class-divide rom-com framework, even if the Mannheim/Heidelberg setting adds a light local flavor.