Rent Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
3.5 of 5 from 327 ratings
1h 53min
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- Synopsis:
- Fortysomething Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) thinks his marriage is perfect, until his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) asks for a divorce. Now Cal is single and looking for love with the help of expert ladykiller Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), who gives Cal's manhood a remarkable makeover. Amid inappropriate crushes and romantic encounters, Cal and Jacob discover that being a player without the right partner isn't just crazy and stupid, it's impossible!
- Actors:
- Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Joey King, Marisa Tomei, Beth Littleford, John Carroll Lynch, Kevin Bacon, Liza Lapira, Josh Groban, Mekia Cox, Julianna Guill, Zayne Emory, Crystal Reed, Joanne Brooks, Reggie Lee, Caitlin Thompson
- Directors:
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- Producers:
- Steve Carell, Denise di Novi
- Writers:
- Dan Fogelman
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Ryan Gosling, Holidays Film Collection, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day, Top 10 Films Set in Department Stores, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/01/2012
- Run Time:
- 118 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Castillian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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- Bonus:
- Steve And Ryan Walk Into a Bar: Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling candidly discuss their roles, love and staring at your costar's package
- The player Meets His Match: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone share how they had to maneuver between hilarious love scenes, dating on screen and Ryan's bromance with Steve Carell
- Deleted Scenes
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Reviews (2) of Crazy, Stupid, Love
Quite liked - Crazy, Stupid, Love review by BE
Pleasantly surprised by this American comedy which is a notch above their usual crass comedy presentations. It's worth sitting through to see the laugh out loud denouement towards the end of the movie. It's really hilarious.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Funny but didn't stick the course - Crazy, Stupid, Love review by AER
I enjoyed this American romcom a lot more than I thought I would. The first 90 minutes or so is very funny, with some funny twists and turns. I was almost thinking of it as a romantic version of Magnolia or Todd Solondz's Happiness. The cast is great and the script very sharp, however, the last 20 minutes resorts to crass formula where characters conform to cliche and it all goes a bit corny and limp (and vaguely creepy in more than one plot strand). So whilst this is better than the majority of American comedies, I wish it had kept its nerve and its sweetness to go the distance. There's also too many plotholes for this to be fully effective - it would've been better to leave a few plotthreads untied...
Close but no cigar my friend. Corny, creepy vs funny and sharp....
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Critic review
Crazy, Stupid, Love review by Melissa Orcine - Cinema Paradiso
‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ starts off with Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) having a conjugal dinner. You can sense that they’re on a rut, but Emily’s two-fold big announcements: her wanting a divorce and her having an affair with a co-worker (Kevin Bacon), forces Cal to re-examine his life choices. Emily is his high school sweetheart, he’s not known any woman since, and a modern-day Lothario named Jacob (Ryan Gosling) is ready to take him under his well-toned wings.
A trip to the mall begins Cal’s transformation from Suburban Dad to Mack Daddy and with tips of the Casanova trade from Jacob,Cal hooks up with a new woman (Marisa Tomei) in order to woo Emily back and make her jealous at the same time.
But for all the knowledge Jacob has at his disposable: pickup lines, a great wardrobe, and a body to die for, he has one flaw – he can’t seem to impress this one girl named Hannah, a law student who finds his style drab instead of suave. For Jacob, challenge accepted! Hannah, for her wit and smarts, cannot resist Jacob – who can, really? And yet, like everyone, there’s a complication: she has a boyfriend who is a jerk but she cares for him none the less. Will these star-crossed lovers find true love or not?
The combination of comedy pros Steve Carell and Emma Stone with heavy drama ingenues Julianne Moore and Ryan Gosling make for interesting matchups, but will this experiment work?
Fortunately, ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ is not a dud. Besides its lead characters making it work, the entire production and supporting cast are adroit at delivering a surprisingly endearing and out of the ordinary Hollywood romantic comedy (see, formulaic rom-coms rule, this one is nothing but).