irony of crazy, stupid, love

Rating: 9/10 (29 September 2013)

Irony Makes The Movie
If you enjoy movies that will not only keep you laughing but have you constantly guessing, then Crazy, Stupid, Love is the movie for you. The story in short tells of a family going through some very odd but logical stage of life crises. The movie starts off with the main character experiencing a midlife catastrophe after his wife not only cheats on him but then divorces him. He then moves out and begins to realize how lonely he is. While becoming a consistent drinker, he finds and befriends a self-achieved young man. A man who has it all: women, money, great job, nice clothes, big house, etc.. The self-achieved man takes the main character under his wing and teaches him ways. The main character adapts to the teachings and starts picking up women left and right, getting a better position at work, and gaining confidence. But after some strand of time he finds that although this is satisfying at the time, it is not what he truly wants. He then goes to bizarre lengths and experiences some obstacles but in the end regains his wife and family. Crazy, Stupid, Love will be worth your while because its irony will keep you giggling and mind boggled for the length of the film.
The movies first act of irony is the son being in love with his babysitter. The boy writes her notes and poems ad nauseum. He is always trying to convince her that age does not matter and that he is mature enough to be her man. He even goes far enough out of his way to lock himself inside of a glass box at their school and profound his love for her in front of the entire student body. She on the other hand cannot date him. She tells him over and over that he is too young for her, that it is wrong, and that the shenanigans he is pulling has to stop. This back and forth battle over age goes on for quite some time until she finally explodes and lets out the fact that she likes someone else. This crushes the boy and kills his view and hopes for love. He stays subtle for awhile not pulling anymore stunts but is still madly in love with girl. She then proceeds to take nude pictures for the man and hides them in her room until she is ready to deliver them. The girls mom one day goes to put her laundry away and comes upon the pictures, shows her husband the pictures, then the husband goes to attack the man. The man was not only the dads bestfriend but the little boys dad as well.
The second act of irony is when the self-achieved man finally decodes to settle down. In his teachings to the main character, the main reason he is so successful is because he has nothing holding him back. Not family, not a girlfriend, not a single aspect could bring him down. He goes through women without a care in the world about their feelings because he knows he has no intention of staying with them. Then there was the night he met "the one." This is the only girl he had not slept with on the first date, they connect instantaneously, and their feelings flourish. This one night then develops into a relationship causing them to be all wrapped up within each other. In the process of getting caught up the man seems to forget about the main character, so he is forced once again to face the world on his own. After a little bit of time they come in contact again and he tells the main character about this woman and it gets the main character thinking about his ex-wife. The main character then goes to see his ex-wife on a day in which she was having a family dinner with the kids and their significant others. The main characters daughter just so happened to have the self-achieved man as her significant other. The third example of irony involves "the other man." This was the man that the wife cheated on her husband with further leading to the divorce. After the divorce she stops seeing the man to regain control of her life. But after waiting for so long she becomes lonely and decides to go out with him one more time. On this one time, she just so happens to forget her sweater. Then there was the day of the family dinner. On that day, the ex-husband gets attacked by his best friend over his daughters nude pictures, the ex-husband learns his man whore friend is now dating his daughter, and then by all chance the other man comes to bring the wife her jacket. This insane amount of tension then causes a sad but funny mauling of middle aged men.
All in all, this movie is completely worth its two hours of film play. It is a great movie for all ages and has a little bit of every element to keep all spectators entertained. From its high points of comedy to its low bits of sorrow, this movie will keep your eyes glued to the screen. This movie hit a homerun in my eyes because the cast connected well and the situations were very realistic. The irony was perfectly placed in the acts they were shown. I really recommend this movie for all movie goers.