Released: 2011
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Steve Carroll, Julianne Moore
Synopsis: Cal and Emily have been married for over 20 years. But when Cal learns that Emily had an affair he moves out. He would then go to a bar and whine about what happened. Jacob, a regular at the bar, upon hearing his woes offers to help him. By giving him a makeover and teaching him how to be a player. It isn't long before he's picking up someone frequently. But eventually he realizes he still loves Emily and wishes he could go back. At the same time his son is nursing a crush on his baby sitter who doesn't feel the same way. And even Jacob gets a new outlook when starts to feel something about a girl he tried to pick up earlier, but turned him down because she has a boyfriend. (From IMDB)
Review: This multi-generational romantic comedy is a great movie with twists and ties that join together in an unexpected turn of events in the last three quarters of the movie. After 25 years of marriage Steve Carrell and Julianne Moore split because she slept with Kevin Bacon. For the youngsters in the theatre Ryan Gosling and his six pack helps Carrell enter the art of picking up women in a bar, after Gosling finds his one true love Emma Stone. And of course there is a teenage romance in the story line with Carrell and Moore's son crushing on the babysitter, who ironically likes the Dad. As the story line moves along some blandness does occur but as everything starts to come back together and tension rises the end is as satisfying as chocolate.
3.8 Stars / 5
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