SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
bkoganbing After a score of married years Julianne Moore announces to Steve Carrell that she's been having an affair with co-worker Kevin Bacon.. She wants a divorce.Carrell moves out and after a few days of going to a local bar and crying in his beer or any other intoxicant being served, Ryan Gosling takes pity on him and starts having him change his wardrobe and attitude in a Pygmalion like fashion. Pretty soon he's swinging Steve.Crazy Stupid Love is great up to that point. But when it gets all serious it was losing me. Some nice performances in the ing cast from Kevin Bacon as a real lizard and Marisa Tomei who is Carrell's and Moore's teacher of their son Jacob Bono who Carrell has a fling with and discovers who she is at a parent/teacher conference.Also a nice performance from Jacob Bono as their hormone exploding son.Fans of the principal cast should like this.
The Movie Diorama The ironic and embarrassing thing is, the person I was watching this with knows how relatable the theme of "finding your one true soul mate" is currently. This will be difficult to review without affecting me personally, but when a film does that to you it just goes to show how powerful the art can be. We follow a variety of characters as they explore the emotion of love. A middle aged couple going through a divorce, a babysitter who has fallen for her employee, a young boy who's in love with the babysitter, a promiscuous dating expert who eventually finds "the one" and a young woman hoping for a proposal. Eventually, we find that these characters interlink in a sprawling narrative detailing the joys and sorrows of love. Despite all that, the biggest element that resonated with me the most was to never give up fighting for the one you love. And I know the person this refers to in my life will read this review, and I know they will do everything in their power to not acknowledge my true feelings...but it's worth fighting for right? Absolutely, and the film conveys that message eloquently, particularly in the third act which I did not see coming at all. I literally shouted "no...nooo...NOOO!" as one character attempts to regain a form of relationship, albeit goes terribly wrong. The narrative consistently switches between characters, reminiscent of the classic rom com 'Love Actually', which keeps the pacing interesting. Acting was emotionally investing from everyone. Ryan Gosling shows us that his comedic timing is excellent, Steve Carell is able to perform some dramatic scenes and Julianne Moore is always dependable. Emma Stone's character needed a larger amount of screen time, I felt her character was unevenly balanced. We see practically nothing of her in the first two acts and then she becomes the main attraction in the third. It just meant I hadn't warmed to her like I did with the other characters. I thoroughly enjoyed this though, I laughed, teared up and smiled. Love hurts dammit!
itai-orion I am a big fan of the rare flower that is the original rom-com. Crazy,Stupid,Love is such a film, and it is remarkably well-rounded with a cast that I would easily follow into much choppier waters than these.Ryan Gosling shines as the man he naturally looks to be, Emma Stone is deliciously mature and naive at the same time. The best scenes in the film play out between these two highly-talented hotties.The mature pairing with Steve Carrel as the boring guy who's been married too long is a trope I have seen before (by him), and while well executed it is still not enough to rise above the cliché.The juniors in the film add an edge to the humor that is distinctly uncomfortable at times, and the scene where conflict is to be found (I'm being vague for spoiler reasons) is far too convenient and feels shoehorned in. Especially our main characters seem to step out of what they have been so far in order to push the plot forward. This is a brilliant film in many senses, yet lags in so many others really have trouble deciding if I like it or not - it is over- stuffed and at a run-time of two hours over-long...perhaps another viewing is merited...oh JOY!
Fallen Eye Crazy, Stupid, Love gets you laughing, cringing, involved and emotionally engrossed... And while it's busy getting all of that right, it hits you with a twist that's arguably Stupid, but it is so Crazy how the directors hid it in plain sight that, you just have to Love it.Steve Carell I've always felt, is an actor that possesses many of the qualities I rarely ever ire in an actor, however, every time I see him do what he does, I inexplicably respect him that little bit more.The plot is mainly around a couple named the Weavers, and fittingly, the subplots are so nicely woven in, that the final spouts' explosion came together almost like soulmates.The cast is superb. Gosling's opening scene at the mall is so smooth, you can't wait to see what he's going to do for Cal's transformation. Carell is fun to watch throughout, and he doesn't drop the ball. Moore, Emma and Marisa are also a wonderful addition, to a script that does a really sterling job at mixing laughter, sadness, and drama, with a subtle, but nicely expressed sense of humility.This movie was crazy, a little stupid, and about love; and it did it all without being too excessive, and pretty well grounded.
