Review of Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) by Laurie G — 10 Jan 2013

I look at a picture of you while I'm doing it.

Cal Weaver is a simple ordinary man whose monotonous life is passing him by until his wife tells him she is cheating on him and wants a divorce. Cal moves out and struggles to get over the separation until a playboy grabs him by the arm and teaches him how to pick up chicks and hopefully move on. Will Cal move on with his life or continue to obsess over his wife?

"Be better than the gap.".

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa who collaborated on I Love You Phillip Morris and the upcoming Focus, delivers Crazy, Stupid, Love. The storyline for this picture is very entertaining and is mostly very good. The end is a bit cliché but the overall movie is fairly good. The acting is very good and the cast includes Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Jonah Bobo.

"This is not about Robbie.".

I am a huge Ryan Gosling fan and heard very positive reviews about this film. I thought about 80 percent of this picture was very good but the end, once Gosling's character settles down, was a bit predictable and some of the final sequences were painful. Overall, this is definitely worth watching but not worth adding to your DVD collection.

Grade: B.