‘7 Days’: A Sweet-Natured & Empathetic Rom-Com For The Covid Era [Tribeca Review]

Using the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic as a backdrop for a quarantine-style romantic comedy, Roshan Sethi’s directorial debut, “7 Days,” which pushes two ideologically opposed young Indian-American characters together during shelter-in-place, is a compact, empathetic wonder that only occasionally dips into overtly broad comedy.

Co-written by Sethi, a co-creator of the popular Fox show “The Resident,” and star Karan Soni (“Miracle Workers” and “Deadpool”), “7 Days” also features “Blockers” breakout — and Soni’s “Miracle Workers” co-star — Geraldine Viswanathan.Continue reading ‘7 Days’: A Sweet-Natured & Empathetic Rom-Com For The Covid Era [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.

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