Crazy, Stupid, Love

Movie: Crazy, Stupid, Love

Genre: romantic comedy

Synopsis: Cal (Steve Carell) is married to Emily (Julianne Moore).  When Emily unexpectedly tells him she wants a divorce, Cal does not know what to do.  Jacob (Ryan Gosling) is extraordinarily good a picking up women.  He decides to take Cal under his wing, give him a wardrobe makeover, and teach him how to pick up women.  Ultimately, Cal realizes what he really wants is to win back Emily.  There are several side story-lines, including a romantic triangle: Cal’s son has a crush on his babysitter, who has a crush on Cal.  The movie also has Kevin Bacon as a co-worker of Emily  who slept with her, Emma Stone, and Marisa Tomei. 

My two cents: I think that when it comes to romantic comedies Steve Carell is in a class by himself.  He can be a hopeless doofus of a nerd, but you still respect him and pull for him to win back his true love. Ryan Gosling is like a chameleon.  From “Lars and the Real Girl” where he was just a sweet but lost soul to “Blue Valentine” where he was a borderline psychopath with anger management issues to this role as a pickup-artist. 

This was the best romantic comedy I have seen in a while.  Definitely worth seeing.

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