Friday, July 29, 2011

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

From a first crush to a crushing breakup, relationships are the focus of Crazy, Stupid, Love, a coming-of-every-age comedy involving three generations of romance, consistently taking bad advice and performing crazy, stupid things for love.

Forty-something, straight-laced, Cal Weaver's (Steve Carell) perfect life becomes unraveled when he learns that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) has cheated on him with her colleague, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and wants a divorce.

Tormented Cal is offered an unexpected and unusual lifeline in the form of alpha-male, ladies' man Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling) who thinks of himself as a gift to women. Jacob's new-woman-every-night modus operandi is challenged when he meets Hannah (Emma Stone). In the meantime, Cal's 13-year-old son, Robbie (Jonah Bobo) falls in love with his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica (Analeigh Tipton) who has a major crash on Cal.

Based on a screenplay by Dan Fogelman, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa as well as producers Steve Carell and Denise Di Novi, take a dramatic, edgy and hilarious look at this non-traditional romantic comedy.

Giving a complicated and rich character depth, is the pivotal Cal-Jacob relationship. Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling place a fresh spin portraying characters on different ends of the spectrum, lost in their respective façade.

The humor comes very naturally out of situations and characters. Some of the funniest scenes involve the combustible relationship between Steve and Marisa Tomei as Kate, Cal's first post separation fling. Moore's effervescent personality provides balance between the comedy and drama.

This funny, witty, and smart, character-based comedy explores the notion that even as we get older, we don't always have all the answers, but how worthwhile it is to hang in there.

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