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MOVIE REVIEW

 Avoid This Couples Retreat 

Cast is having more fun than the audience in marital-strain rom-com

Oct 9, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Vince Vaughn romantic comedy Couples Retreat takes a terrific cast and puts them in a stunning South Pacific location, say critics, but it's marooned them there with an unfunny script.
  • "Four unlikable couples gather at an all-inclusive marriage-counseling resort in this predictable rom-com," writes Ande Dagan
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movie review • Vince Vaughn • romantic comedy • Jon Favreau • Jason Bateman

Movie Review

 Love Kills Laughs 
 in Invention of Lying  


Oct 2, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics agree: The Invention of Lying should have been better. It’s got a great concept, and the subversive moxy to call religion a fib, but then turns into a standard romantic comedy. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • It’s a “wickedly funny idea” with the
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comedy • movie review • Ricky Gervais • Jennifer Garner • romantic comedy

MOVIE REVIEW

 Love Happens 
 Is Manipulative Tripe 

Jennifer Aniston rom-com strikes out with critics

Sep 18, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - If only love didn't happen. Critics are lambasting Jennifer Aniston's new rom-com, Love Happens—the story of a courtship between a florist and a grieving grief counselor—as predictable and manipulative:
  • It's "an inorganic soap opera," writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun. "Love happens here
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movie review • Jennifer Aniston • self-help • romantic comedy

MOVIE REVIEW

 All About Steve 
 Bombs for Bullock 

Misfiring Sandra Bullock farce a contender for worst movie of the year

Sep 4, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Sandra Bullock vehicle All About Steve is a romantic comedy that lacks romance, comedy, or anything else that would make it watchable, say critics in almost unanimously scathing reviews.
  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Bullock, as a delusional crossword puzzle creator who stalks a TV cameraman, "hits the
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movie review • romantic comedy • Sandra Bullock • Bradley Cooper

MOVIE REVIEW

 Ugly Truth Is Pretty Bad 


Jul 24, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Battle-of-the-sexes comedy Ugly Truth combines the worst aspects of male-friendly gross-out comedies with the worst aspects of female-friendly romantic comedies and the results aren't pretty, say unimpressed critics.
  • Refer Guzmán, Newsday: The movie "does a disservice to both genders. Its crass sex jokes feel like chum for
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movie review • Katherine Heigl • romantic comedy • Gerard Butler

Movie Review

 Critics In Love With (500) Days  


Jul 17, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are head over heels for (500) Days of Summer, a boy-meets-girl flick that shakes things up by telling the story out of order. Here’s what they’re saying:  
  • The movie “turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are—
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movie review • romantic comedy • Zooey Deschanel • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Marc Webb

interview

 Bullock: I Hate Romcoms 


Jun 12, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Bullock made a name for herself in romantic comedies but “can’t stand” them now, America's Sweetheart tells the Wall Street Journal. “I always read scripts and go, ‘I want to change the role of Sam to Samantha because it’s written better,’” Bullock... More »

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entertainment • film • women • nudity • comedy • Ryan Reynolds • romantic comedy • movies • Sandra Bullock • The Proposal

Movie Review

 Management Just Middling 

Oddball rom-com brings mixed reviews

May 15, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Management isn’t your typical Hollywood fare, and it’s got critics divided. It tells of a quasi-creepy loser (Steve Zahn) pursuing a sales rep (Jennifer Aniston) with a solo life, and somehow holding her attention.
  • It’s “the rare romantic comedy to use good works, recycling and
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entertainment • film • movie review • Jennifer Aniston • romantic comedy • Management • Steve Zahn • Stephen Belber

MOVIE REVIEW

 Shopaholic Not So Addictive 

Subprime rom-com maxes out the clichés

Feb 13, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Chick-lit flick Confessions of a Shopaholic is one victim the credit crisis should have claimed, say critics. Isla Fisher stars as a credit card addict who lands a job at a financial magazine, but her considerable comic gifts are wasted by a script that turns her into a "babbling... More »

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comedy • movie review • romantic comedy • Isla Fisher • movies • chick flicks

(Newser) - Romantic movies are often hard to believe, but every once in a while one makes love—or heartbreak—ring true. The Onion runs down 29 films that won’t leave you groaning.
  • Say Anything: John Cusack's Lloyd Dobler, a "kind, decent kid," meets cute Ione Skye
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film • list • Brokeback Mountain • Valentine's Day • romantic comedy • Say Anything

 RIP: Obits for Our Culture 


Feb 7, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Dying is a bit of a buzzkill, but all things must come to an end. AJ Jacobs of Esquire  writes obituaries for music, his manhood, and various other cultural remnants:
  • Romantic Comedy, age 81: On life support long ago—finally dead after someone pitched Kate Hudson a film
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Kate Hudson • masculinity • green • Jonas Brothers • romantic comedy • Dora the Explorer • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • The Hills

MOVIE REVIEW

 Not Much New in This Town  

Bland rom-com fails to rise above heap of clichés

Jan 30, 09 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Fish-out-of-water romantic comedy New In Town takes an old recipe and follows it to the letter, say critics. That's not a good thing. Renee Zellweger stars as a cynical Miami exec sent to cut jobs in an icy Minnesota hamlet full of warm-hearted folks, with results you can see coming... More »

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movie review • Minnesota • Renee Zellweger • romantic comedy • movies

MOVIE REVIEW

 You May Kiss Off Bride Wars 

Lame rom-com makes Bride of Chucky look like Dr. Zhivago

Jan 9, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - It's only January, but Bride Wars looks like a perfect match for the Worst Film of 2009 title, say critics. It's a "synthetic chick-flick-rom-com-formulaic-retread," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post. Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star as a best friends who become fierce enemies when their weddings... More »

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movie review • Kate Hudson • romantic comedy • movies • Anne Hathaway • Bride Wars • wowOwow

MOVIE REVIEW

 Infinite Playlist Has Finite Appeal 

Love blossoms between indie fans in teen romance with savvy soundtrack

Oct 3, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen romance Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist turned some critics starry-eyed and others into curmudgeons. Michael Cera and Kat Dennings star as a pair of indie-rock fans who have a crazy night in New York. The "often delightful love story that uses music as its primary backdrop" is reminiscent... More »

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movie review • Michael Cera • romantic comedy • movies

MOVIE REVIEW

 Gervais Gives Ghost Town Life 


Sep 19, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spirited performance from Ricky Gervais banishes the spectre of mediocrity from supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town, critics say. The story of a dentist who starts seeing dead people is a touch generic, Bill Goodykoontz writes in the Arizona Republic, but Gervais—the UK creator of the original Office—shines... More »

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comedy • movie review • Ricky Gervais • romantic comedy • movies • Tea Leoni

Paltrow, Diaz
Suffer Casting Slouch

Leading ladies play
second fiddle in
Hollywood this year

May 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where have all the Hepburns gone? Today's thirtysomething leading ladies are being cast in "handbag" roles, writes Rachel Abramowitz in the Los Angeles Times. Juicy parts are scarce this year for actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz as popular tastes move toward bromantic comedies that appeal... More »

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Hollywood • Gwyneth Paltrow • Cameron Diaz • actor • romantic comedy • movies

movie review

 This Vegas Is a Bad Bet 

Lightweight rom-com doesn't hit the jackpot

May 9, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas probably should have stayed in Vegas, most critics think—or "in Hollywood, where such lamebrained ideas are hatched," writes Bill Goodykoontz in the Arizona Republic. Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as a couple who get hitched after a drunken... More »

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movie review • Ashton Kutcher • Cameron Diaz • romantic comedy • movies

NEW RELEASE

 Sarah Marshall Is Memorable

Apatow project racy, touching, hilarious

Apr 18, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forgetting Sarah Marshall is another raunchy romantic comedy from Judd Apatow's repertory company, with an important difference: star/screenwriter Jason Segel. His performance as a clueless spurned boyfriend is "awkward and embarrassing," yet "sweet" and "disarming," writes Scott Tobias of The Onion A.V. Club. Segel... More »

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movie review • Judd Apatow • romantic moments • guy movies • romantic comedy • Jason Segel • Kristen Bell

MOVIE REVIEW

 Leatherheads Fumbles 

Film about early football never quite scores

Apr 4, 08 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics seem to want to like Leatherheads, a screwball comedy about pro football's early days, directed by and starring George Clooney. The Roaring '20s costumes, sets and music are terrific, notes Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter. Clooney, as an aging player/team owner, and his leading lady, Renée Zellweger,... More »

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movie review • George Clooney • Renee Zellweger • romantic comedy • sports comedy • John Krasinski

OPINION

First Film Was Minghella's Finest Work

Truly, Madly, Deeply can help fans grieve director's early passing

Mar 21, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - He might be known for his sweep of the 1996 Academy Awards with The English Patient, but director Anthony Minghella should be remembered for his first film, Dana Stevens writes in Slate. Truly, Madly, Deeply, a 1990 made-for-TV movie that's now something of a cult classic, is a "psychologically... More »

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film • grief • film director • romance • Britain • romantic comedy • movies • Anthony Minghella • Alan Rickman • Juliet Stevenson • English Patient • Truly, Madly, Deeply

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