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Jul312011
Complete The (Crazy/Stupid) Sentence...
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 9:15AM The three words I'd use to describe Crazy Stupid Love are ___________ , ____________ and _____________ .
P.S. Nathaniel is back from his 7 day hiatus and now significantly behind on his moviegoing. You've probably seen this but he hasn't!
Reader Comments (17)
flawed, occasionally awesome, and RyanGoslingShirtlessYesPlease.
Charming, insightful and shirtless (my god, shirtless!)
uneven, delightful, redheaded
disappointing, surprising, Tomeitastic
hilarious, emotional, Tomei!
Long, Long, Long
surprisingly deep, occassionally gut-busting, and Ryan-Gosling-I-will-have-your-babies
These are way more than three words! But i forgive you. Sounds like I must jump on this* pronto.
Walter - redheaded? so is it all about the Emma & Julianne for ya?
Aquila -- Tomeitastic? I'm sold. *and also the Goslingshirtlessness
hilarious, flawed, and a must-see...
...the latter because of what everyone is saying above. Gosling and Stone have chemistry to spare, plus Gosling in AND out of clothes is like one of the main supporting characters of the film. Moore and Tomei good, Carrell was cast perfectly. Though there's a whole kids subplot that really should've been taken out or lessened and more time given to the adults. Finally... Dirty Dancing. That is all.
Yeah, I cheated. No regrets.
Stylish, ridiculous and cozy.
I really like the ambiance of this film. A movie about clothes, of course I'm going to like it. And I think this is the first time this year that I kept an eye open on art direction. Also, every character has a nuance, and speaking of supporting characters, Ryan T., my favourite scenes are ones with Carrell and Moore's weird eldest child and Stone's hilarious Asian best friend.
Hilarious, cute, star-filled.
Cheesy, (but sometimes) Funny, GozAndJulesInOneMovieTogetherOMFG
Crazy, Stupid, Love is well-tailored, redheaded, and occasionally=sensational.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling need to be in more movies together!! Carell gives another great Dan in Real Life-like performance, and Marisa Tomei is a great scene-stealer. I love watching the evolution of Julianne Moore's choices as of late. It's certainly a commercial film, but she brings such aplomb and surprising laughs to a pretty regimented role.
flawed, convulted, NEEDSMORETOMEIPLEASE
I remember reading something a while back about the production of that old Robin Williams movie Mrs. Doubtfire, and how the producers originally wanted the ending to have the two of them (Wiliams and on-screen divorcee Sally Field) reunite. Field and Williams said it was very inaccurate, as most divorces don't end in reconcilliatiion, so the ending was changed. For a movie that "prides" itself in being "hip" and "fun" and "smart", this one sure copped out with that ending. Also, was I the only one who was a bit disturbed by the teenage-Carell-triangle? Didn't come off as cute, came off as creepy.
The thing I walked away from this movie with is that the world needs more Tomei. God, does she still have it.
Luke, I definitely thought the teenage, babysitter subplot was the weakest part of the film. It did tread pretty wildly towards unsettling especially late. I felt like they wanted to have this generational effect that ultimately just died in that regard.
Did you like the other two storylines though?
Glad to see I wasn't the only one creeped out by the babysitter thing. It totally took me out of viewer mode and into to-catch-a-predator mode for that part of the story, which was unfortunately about one fourth of the movie.
That said, the rest of the movie was funny and thankfully populated by people who seemed like actual adults instead of overgrown kids. Even when the story took a turn for the juvenile (count me among the people who weren't completely buying the idealized views of reconciliation, and I wasn't a huge fan of all the clowning around with big speeches and slapstick fights around the climax either), the characters themselves never really lost their humanity, nor did they totally lose their maturity, thanks to some really wonderful performances by really all of the actors. That kind of care for the characters is appreciated and unfortunately unheard of in studio romantic comedies as of the last few years.
A silly, unconvincing movie saved by the brilliant turns of its adult cast. And I'm just chiming in now, but what the hell happened to the babysitter-kid subplot? An interesting dimension that became flat-out terrible. What was its point? Making creepy unwanted gestures will eventually win someone over? If you're convinced that you've found your soulmate, then it must be true, even if the other person disagrees? I'm probably being too touchy here, but that subplot actually offended a lot of my romantic and feminist sensibilities. Gah I hated that kid.