Brilliant Movie! (but for adults only)

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2011)

The trailers for this movie had me hooked, what with my being a Steve Carell fan already. My husband and I chose to see this on a very rare date night and I just loved it! Steve Carell is an Everyman-type guy who is hit hard by the news that his wife wants a divorce. Ryan Gosling sees him hanging around the bar and takes pity on him, teaching him how to pick up women. There are a few surprises in this movie and some of the twists and turns had the audience around us gasping, but mostly we were gasping for breath from laughing ourselves silly. This movie goes from serious to funny very quickly, but the switch doesn't adversely affect the flow of the film. Emma Stone was an absolute delight and I can't wait to see more from her in the future! Because of some language and a lot of sexual references, I wouldn't take anyone under the age of 18 to see it, but that's just my opinion. I think it's rated PG-13 and if I'm right, I'm not sure how they got that rating because I wouldn't take a 13 year old to see it, much less an younger child.