Crazy Stupid Love

I have to admit, when I first saw previews for Crazy Stupid Love, I thought it looked a lot like Hitch so I wasn't too interested in seeing it.  But all they hype, and posters (at least around Chicago) made me change my mind.  Plus Ryan Gosling was in it, and he's pretty hot.  Another reason I wasn't too sure about this film is because of the age difference between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone who were playing love interests.  I don't know why this bothered me seeing as in real life, that much of an age difference doesn't really bother me.  Upon research I found that Gosling is only 30 and Stone is 22, but in the film she played a 27 year old.  I eventually got over it.  

I liked the quirkyness of this film.  It showed how much love can kick you in the ass with all the funny love triangles.  However, I don't understand why it seemed from the trailers and hype that Marisa Tomei had a bigger part than she really did.  Crazy, Stupid, Love was directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (both of I Love You Phillip Morris fame).  They did a pretty good job considering this was only their second time directing.  It has an all star cast with Steve Carell (The Office), Ryan Gosling (The Notebook; Lars and the Real Girl), Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right; A Single Man), and Emma Stone (The Help; Easy A).  It opens up with Emily (Moore) wanting a divorce from her husband of 25 years, Cal (Carell).  After drinking two days in a row and talking about his wife's affair with David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon, Footloose; Wild Things) to no one, womanizer Jacob (Gosling) takes him under his wing and helps him gain the confidence he needs to get over his wife.  While this is going on, Cal's son Robbie (Jonah Bobo, Choke; 30 Rock) is in love with his babysitter, Jessica (Analeigh Tipton, The Green Hornet) who is in love with Cal.  Also Jacob changes his womanizer ways once he meets Hannah (Stone) who has just ended a relationship with her boring boyfriend, Richard(Josh Groban, singer) after he wouldn't propose. Along with the crazy love triangles or squares, there is a twist towards the end.

This film teaches a good story about love and soulmates and not giving up.  Now I don't believe in all that crap, but I do like how this film showed it in a non sappy way.  The writers made love sucking into a funny thing, but they still kept it kind of romantic in a weird way.  I highly recommend it.  The ladies will love the romantic story and Ryan Gosling half naked, and the guys will love the bromantic story and the crazy antics of Michael Scott, but yet a different person.  It's worth the $6 I spent to see it, but I'd probably pay full price too.  Like the title says love is crazy and stupid, and this film follows through with its title.