A nice twist to the Ro-Co

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2012)

I hate to pigeonhole it to the Romantic Comedy genre, but I gotta call a spade a spade.
There's a twist though.
This is no 'boy meets girl' story of magical romance with cheap laughs thrown in. Crazy Stupid Love packs a tightly written script along with some great performances. Obviously, there are plenty of 'only in the movies' moments. The quirky parts also tend to miss the authenticity mark, but the laughs don't always come when you'd expect either.
I liked the fighting for love theme. It provides a reminder to all those who watch traditional Ro-Cos and might idealize those stories, that this is a much more likely ending -or rather, that we don't really know the ending nor do we ever find the perfect love, but nonetheless, it's still worth fighting for. That was nice to see in a Hollywood film.
The gloss is there, but there is something more for those of us who look for that kind of thing in film. It's a well made film and I enjoyed it.
7.5/10