Following the success of “Scrambled,” filmmaker Leah McKendrick returns with another story about love, timing, and the emotional wreckage people carry into relationships, this time with a Netflix romantic comedy built around grief, voicemails, and one very unexpected connection. Netflix has released the trailer for “Voicemails For Isabelle,” a new rom-com starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson.
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Deutch plays Jill, a young woman still reeling from the death of her sister, Isabelle, played by Ciara Bravo. Unable to fully let go, Jill keeps calling Isabelle’s old phone, leaving behind a string of raw, deeply personal, and often funny messages as a way of holding onto the person she lost.
The problem is that Isabelle’s old number no longer belongs to Isabelle. It now belongs to Wes, a real estate agent played by Robinson, who starts receiving Jill’s voicemails and listening in as a stranger slowly reveals herself through grief, humor, and the kind of unguarded honesty people rarely offer face to face.
That gives “Voicemails For Isabelle” a rom-com premise with a slightly bruised emotional center. McKendrick, who wrote and directed the film, found similarly sharp terrain in “Scrambled,” her 2023 comedy about fertility, adulthood, and the awkward pressure of watching life move faster for everyone else. Here, she appears to be working in a warmer, more romantic key.
The film also stars Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Harry Shum Jr., Megan Danso, Gil Bellows, Toby Sandeman, and Spencer Lord. The score comes from Este Haim and Amanda Yamate.
Deutch, recently seen in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” has been a strong fit for modern romantic comedy, particularly in “Set It Up” and “Something From Tiffany’s.” Robinson, whose credits include “Maid” and “Love, Simon,” plays opposite her in a premise that depends less on the usual meet-cute machinery than on a more private kind of accidental intimacy.
“Voicemails For Isabelle” premieres on Netflix on June 19. Watch the trailer below.
