Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

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	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris)
	Actors: Steve Carell (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Evan Almighty), Ryan Gosling (Drive), Julianne Moore (Jurassik Park: The Lost World)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 14.02.2014, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: When Cal (Carell) learns from his wife Emily (Moore) that she wants a divorce, he slowly loses is mind, until Jacob (Gosling) teaches him how to pick-up women.
Review: This is not a typical romantic comedy because the humour is not straight-forward (nor too dumb). Halfway through the movie you understand that it is actually a reflection on the single life vs. the couple life, being with one woman during your whole life vs. being with hundreds of them. Those are obviously two extremes of the real-life situation, but the viewer anyway feels close to the characters. The comedy is in the change: characters face situations that are not familiar to them, and it is funny to see them adapt. The couple Gosling/Carell is very good at giving that. I found a bit too easy the twist that occurs at two thirds of the movie but it helps refreshing the action and making you understand that people with have to work harder to deserve a happy ending.
Rating: 7 /10