Crazy, Stupid, Love (12A)

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Crazy Stupid Love

Crazy Stupid Love Ben Glass / Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Time Out rating:

<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5
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Time Out says

Tue Sep 20 2011

Can a film be worth seeing for a single scene? There’s a moment midway through ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ – a seduction scene between brash but likeable ladies’ man Ryan Gosling (in his second film this week after ‘Drive’) and nervy, alcohol-fuelled Emma Stone – which is one of the most witty, truthful, beautifully acted scenes in any film so far this year. It’s an out-of-nowhere heart-grabber in which script, performance and tone find a truly perfect balance.

Unfortunately, the rest of the movie is a mess. This is one of those literate, star-stuffed family comedies of which Hollywood is fond at the moment – think a more phallocentric ‘The Kids Are Alright’. Steve Carell (pictured left) splits from wife Julianne Moore when she has an affair with Kevin Bacon, leading Carell to pal up with Gosling for a ‘Hitch’-style character reinvention.

Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa rose to prominence with the script for scabrous Christmas classic ‘Bad Santa’, but they’ve fallen hard here: this is witless, saccharine and lifeless – all except for that one, glorious scene.

Author: Tom Huddleston

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Release details

Rated:

12A

UK release:

Fri Sep 23, 2011

Duration:

118 mins

Cast and crew

Cast:

Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling

Director:

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

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Rated as: 4/5 (12 ratings)

  • well i dont do usually do rom-com but i actually liked this easy to watch little film. ok it has a few cliches in it but what do you expect?? it not arthouse for goodness sake!! if you like films with people wearing strange jumpers, dark grey sky and unfathomable plots...my advice is trot on!! if like me you're feeling a little down in the dumps and need a bit of cheering up, then put the kettle on, grab a biscuit/cat/friend and have a little swoon over Ryan Gosling and laugh a bit at this lightheated movie. I did! : )

    carolanne Wed Oct 17 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Apart from that one scene, a truly repellant film. Cloying, gratingly sexist, recycled rehashed scenarios, disturbing sub text . And the inevitable self flagellating remorse scene in front of a crowd of onlookers-Every american romcom has one -squirm drama-yuk-

    fran Sat Feb 4 2012
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  • went to see this film last night.have not laughed as much im my life i will defo go and see it agian.

    Mollie rose Sun Oct 9 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • i dont think u should put things like that as i am going to see it to night so now im thinking its not good its ur apining if its not a good one dont put i can not understand people like that i will let u no my appiming tomorow

    mollie rose Sat Oct 8 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • In the main, all films are formulaic, so its a little off to hold this against it. I found the script was quite well balanced, moments of sacchrine spaced throughout as to not over/underwhelm. Some nice moments and good turns by Gosling, Stone, Moore and Carell. It was never going to be a game changer of any sorts, but it was a solid example of its type.

    David Wed Oct 5 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • F word light comedy (phew! almost feels original after this "c*** soaked" summer!) mostly delights and Tomei is delicious and steals the show. Fun, a bit touching and no spunk "jokes". 7/10

    scrumpyjack Mon Oct 3 2011
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • OK it was formulaic up to a point ( and not very funny) but quite affecting I thought with god performances from Carrell and Moore,

    AndrewT Mon Oct 3 2011
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • Flawlessly brilliant movie. Can't wait to buy it on DVD. I'll see it again before that

    long cat Thu Sep 29 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • What's with all the negativity on this film? I thought it was great. A nice story, good performances all round and plenty of humour throughout. It reminded me a little of Dan in Real Life or Mrs Doubtfire in the way it mixes drama and comedy.

    Marsellus Tue Sep 27 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • This movie was delightful! It had good humour and although just under 2 hours was a little dragged at times, overall went away smiling from the cinema!

    Ajay Sun Sep 25 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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