Crazy, Stupid, Love.

I really wasn't expecting so much tasteful humor along with a rather rich plot (for a romantic comedy to be sure). The story of each couple is irreplaceable, the intertwining is gradual and thoughtful, and the acting is very enjoyable. This film warms the heart, caresses the soul, entertains, moves, and leaves you with purely positive feelings. And Robbie is the most sincere and endearing character (I'm not a homosexual or a pedophile), his persistence towards Jessica is admirable, funny, and evokes no small amount of sympathy for his character. The more romantic comedies like this that exist, the more the majority audience base of the genre will be restored (cultivated?) and the world will be a little better for it.:) The complete absence of childish and cheesy humor is replaced by a wonderful narrative about love relationships across all generations – spiced up with brilliant casting and an overall natural impression. One of the genre film highlights of recent years. I was ultimately put off from giving it full marks by Cal's overly sweet final speech. (04/09/2012)

For three quarters of its run I was really thrilled with Crazy, Stupid, Love, but that clichéd happy ending made me lose that feeling very quickly. Carell, Gosling, Moore, et al. are fantastic, I had no problem liking everyone. It’s certainly a very nice film, but if you want to see a truly great one, turn it off after the “meeting in the garden” scene. (10/24/2011)

There's loads of these brisk, funny, situationally attuned, brilliantly shot comedies with polished casts in precisely fitting jackets, and no less precisely fitting roles. And if there is also an interesting dramatic subtext and some wisdom from life, much better. It should be noted, however, that Crazy Stupid Love entertains just a little bit more than its contemporaries. It's hard to say what it is, maybe the directorial dynamics, maybe the immediacy of the main characters, in any case, it’s great. (01/06/2017)

Not your standard romantic comedy. The humor was more subtle, the story was more fleshed out (I even thought it would hold up until the finale for a while), the dad was played by a very convincing Steve Carell, and even the corny plot with a life/relationship coach sort of worked for me. At first, the only thing that slightly spoiled my overall good impression was the lovestruck teen. I was going to give it a four, but it turned out I was too much of an optimist. Although the filmmakers had been resisting it, the film eventually slipped into the standard clichés and melodramatic speeches in the end. I did manage to see the bigger picture so I’m giving it three stars as I surprisingly had a good time most of the time. / Lesson learned: You aren’t exactly a great athlete? There's always miniature golf. Or chess. 3*- (09/20/2022)

Here, the entire plot of Hitch is just a prelude to a multilayered relationship collage combining romantic, comedic and dramatic elements. Though it follows a Hollywood template, it works skillfully with several characters whose love troubles are not completely clichéd and predictable. Thanks to this, and thanks to the casting of Ryan Gosling and Julianne Moore in the roles where you’d expect Adam Sandler and Salma Hayek, the film is not just another bland pot of mush. (09/27/2011)