Just a Little Chemistry

Just a Little Chemistry (Solo química) is a 2015 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Alfonso Albacete in his solo directorial debut which stars Ana Fernández alongside Alejo Sauras and Rodrigo Guirao.

Plot
Perfume shop worker and boxing aficionado Oli falls for film and television star Eric Soto while her friend Carlos, a psychologist, tells her that love does not exist.

Production
The film was produced by Rodar y Rodar with the participation of TVE, Canal+, and TVC. Shooting locations included Barcelona, Sitges, and Costa Brava.

Release
The film screened in a non-competitive slot of the 18th Málaga Film Festival on 25 April 2015. Distributed by Alfa Pictures, it was released theatrically in Spain on 24 July 2015.

Reception
Manuel Piñón of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a romcom in which everything is missing, but above all sanity".

Javier Ocaña of El País compared negatively the film to Sex, Party and Lies (co-directed by Albacete) and wrote that it is a film "during which you pray from your seat that [everything] be a dream or a self-parodic nod".

Beatriz Martínez of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting "its expressive liveliness, fearless".