Crazy, Stupid Love

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2011)

Why is this movie getting such high marks? Steve Carell (Cal) is boring. Julianne Moore is uninteresting as Emily, his soon to be ex wife. Jonah Bobo (Robbie) is totally obnoxious as their "oh so worldly" 13 year old son. Ryan Gosling (Jacob) is laughable as the "over the top" smooth and suave gentleman who can pick up any woman (and is going to take Cal under his wing to show how easy it is). Keven Bacon (David Lindhagen) walks through his role as though sleeping. Marisa Tomei (Kate) Makes a lot of noise in a couple of scenes, but not much else. Analeigh Tripton (Jessica) saves every scene she is in and is a breath of fresh air. Ryan Gosling must have watched several George Clooney movies prior to taking this part. I wonder if this was a "tongue in cheek" performance. After all, he's handsome, rich, drives a sports car, wears solid gold watches, has no visible means of support, and delivers the line, "you wanna get outta here" with such style, that every woman he delivers it to, winds up in his bed. He's really painful to watch. In the end, you really don't care who ends up with who - the characters are just that unappealing. Speaking of endings, this movie has one of the worst ever. My thoughts when it ended: "I wanna get outta here."