Crazy, Stupid, Love
As I said in my post earlier this evening, I ventured out to the movies tonight to see Crazy, Stupid, Love with Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. I originally had gone through the list of movies playing at my local theatre and realized that I had no interest in seeing this movie at all just judging by the title, but after convincing myself to watch the preview I decided I would see it solely due to Steve Carell in the leading role.
Now in my opinion a review or critique of any form of entertainment always is meant to be ‘spoiler free’, but never is able to really earn that title due to the fact that most of the time you are giving something away that someone would not have known beforehand. I think that the only way to retain that designation is if you say as little about the movie as possible; so I’m going to keep this very short and sweet. The movie caught my attention and interest at the beginning, lost it somewhere around the hour mark, and then surprisingly pleased me enough for the last half hour or so that I would give this movie a positive review. Without a doubt this big screen production falls into the Romantic Comedy category, with a particular emphasis on the romantic. You can always expect a laugh with Steve Carell in the mix, and although the laughs were there think more along the lines of Dan in Real Life or Little Miss Sunshine.
That’s it. There you have it. My review of Crazy, Stupid, love. Short but to the point, I think I may have invented a new form of movie review. Maybe I left too much out of it for you to decide whether you want to see it or not, but aren’t I supposed to tell you whether to see it at the end of this? Perhaps rate the film in stars? Well this is my blog so I guess I’ll do what I want.
See it?
Yes.
4/6 Stars (Yea I’m going with a 6 star scale for my reviews… and I also plan on getting real stars to put here don’t worry)
Good Review! Overall, the film is too conventional for my liking. It needed to be sharper, wittier, and funnier. But for average summer fare, it’s okay. It’s far from perfect and runs on the long side, but rom-com and chick flick lovers will likely be satisfied. Check out my site when you can please!
Yes, ‘okay’ describes it fairly well. I think there was much more potential for this film to be hilarious, but they just did not follow through with it, and I certainly agree with it being on the long side. I found myself at some points sitting there and asking myself “when is this going to end.” Thanks for the comment and I’ll check out your blog!