I haven't seen many romantic comedies but I feel like this is one of the best.
It's about Cal Weaver (Steve Carell), whose wife of 25 years, Emily (Julianne Moore),wants the divorce. So he regulary visits a bar where he meets Jacob (Ryan Gosling) who teaches him how to be a womanizer.
This is a very similar take on the plot. There are many subplots, that ultimatively all end up together. There is the 17 year old babysitter Jessica, who is into Cal. Then there is Cals son Robbie who is into Jessica. Also, womanizer Jacob finds true love in Hannah (Emma Stone). And there are probably still some storylines that I missed.
The acting is great on all parts, even the kids are good. Emma Stone is probably my favorite actress right now, so that's a plus for the movie. Also I love Steve Carell, so another bonus point just for star power. Ryan Gosling is a great actor too, so is Demi Moore. Also Kevin Bacon is in this. So lots of star power.
I like the way it is shot, one scene was very impressive to me: when Cal picks up women at the bar, we get something like a montage, but it all happens in one continuous shot, the camera moves through the whole bar and on every table sits Steve Carell in a different outfit, it looked great.
Also mild spoilers I guess, this movie has a happy ending, an ending that doesn't feel forced. One weak point in romantic movies and especially romantic comedies is that they often resolve too quickly and suddenly someone ends up with a woman he has no business with or who shouldn't want him after all we learned throughout the movie. That's not happening here, the ending is pretty logical.
Also, since we are talking about mild spoilers, there is a twist after 3/4 of the movie that I probably should have guessed but I didn't see it coming and I loved it.
My biggest problem was the story of Robbie, who, as I said earlier, is into his older babysitter. And almost everything he sais or does is cringey as hell, I had to pause just to calm down after almost all his lines. But maybe that's just me and most people like this. Almost every rom com seems to have at least one character that behaves so cringey that I wanna turn of the TV. But whatever.
All in all an enjoyable movie that made me laugh out loud multiple times. That's why I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars and a like.
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