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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

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Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily (Julianne Moore). Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
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It never lives up to the first part of its title, but Crazy, Stupid, Love's unabashed sweetness -- and its terrifically talented cast -- more than make up for its flaws.

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Caroline Siede Girl Culture (Substack) Dec 24
[Crazy, Stupid, Love] somehow manages to capture everything that’s great about and wrong with the romantic comedy genre in just 118 minutes. Go to Full Review
Kate Erbland Film School Rejects 09/23/2019
B-
Despite some shaky plotting, the Carell and Gosling duo is an engaging watch and the two have their own special brand of chemistry that keeps the film going, even when things feel just ludicrous enough to be distracting. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 01/27/2012
2.5/4
The acting is universally excellent, and during the majority of the film's running time what's taking place is almost too glorious for words. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 18
5/5
It's incredibly fresh, funny, emotional, daring, and, for a romantic "dramedy," has more jaw-dropping twists than big budget thrillers. Go to Full Review
Patricia Karounos Refinery29 10/23/2023
Crazy, Stupid, Love isn't just about one couple; rather, it's an exploration about the nature of dating, coming together, and relationship expiration dates in general. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/06/2023
3/4
What I like best about Crazy, Stupid, Love. is the structure, and how seemingly frivolous subplots come together and inform the others in crucial ways during a hilarious screwball climax. Go to Full Review
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Daniel P. 5d it’s a really nice movie. i wasn’t bored at any point and has a pretty unpredictable twist. you could say it’s a good movie to watch with your girlfriend too lol. See more Meri S. @mschroeder Jan 2 Just loved everything about this movie. See more Dc D @Donnaet Dec 29 Hilarious, heartwarming and hysterical in all the right ways. Laughed so hard I cried at parts and the twists were unexpected and original. Do not miss this gem. See more Sahil K @Sahilk171 Dec 25 The twist was amazing , I was not expecting that, a good take on love stories and yeah it's worth watching if you are really into love stories, 7.5/10 See more Blu B Oct 8 A Romcom Classic. The acting is first rate and the strongest asset this has going. Great chemistry, really solid humor that's clever and well thought out, and strong character development amongst the two male leads. Carroll is the best thing here and gives an excellent performance. Tomei is really funny to and I wish she had more time. There is an occasional clunky/cheesy line here and there but it's first rate overall. Everything else is really well done. It basically follows several romances that are interwined and demonstrate how like the title suggests how funny, ludacris, and touching love can be. This film has a lot of sincerity to it also suprisingly. The direction is really good too, and especially the lighting. The bar reminds sometimes of Rick's Cafe in Casablanca feeling very intimate. It does a really good job weaving between each of the romances and making them work without feeling jumpy. Even when it does jump around a bit between Stone/Gosling and the teen romances it's able to get away with it because it's suprisngly conssitently funny. It helps A LOT. I will say sometimes it's a bit too cheesy/sincere. The end speech with Carroll is kind of farfetched, cliche, and I wasn't the biggest fan of it. It feels out of place kind of and kind of kills a lot of momentum. Also some storylines are more devleoped and interesting than others. Moore's character gets a lot fo development but it feels like her arc doesn't really go anywhere at the same time also. And even though there is some lazy wirting and plot conviences in this, it does get away with it for being a comedy that's funny. I think it thinks it's being smart when it reveals the twists but there is quite a few here that kind of push it a bit. Overall it's really well done though, funny, and heartfelt. Anyone who is a fan of any actors in this, the directors, comedies or romances should check this out. See more Kirstie S Sep 27 HOW has this film, at the time of writing, only for a 78% audience score?! It’s brilliant! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily (Julianne Moore). Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
Director
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Producer
Steve Carell, Denise Di Novi
Screenwriter
Dan Fogelman
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
DiNovi Pictures, Carousel
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Coarse Humor|Sexual Content)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 29, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$84.3M
Runtime
1h 58m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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