John’s Movie Musings

Crazy, Stupid, Awesome is more like it! When I saw the previews for this movie I thought, ehhhhh, probably not. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 76% and the majority of the reviews were favorable as well, but I still wasn’t sure about another divorce romantic comedy (what a funny type of movie- divorce and romantic- irony anyone?). I’m glad my friend changed my mind and hey, who am I to pass up a free movie ticket?

Crazy, Stupid, Love. Is a movie about a family going through a divorce, but more specifically it follows the husband of the family, Steve Carell and his journey. His wife (Juliana Moore) cheats on him saying she is having a mid-life crisis and that they stopped being ‘in love’ a long time ago, yadda yadda yadda. From there it is about his journey to finding out who he is and the person he left behind at some point during their 25 years together. And of course he is helped along by the playboy of the movie Ryan Gosling (so delicious if I may say so).

Carell of course is the appropriate amount of hilarious and serious in this movie. He does an excellent job of creating a character that is lovable, laughable and easily pitied. Ryan Gosling is absolutely gorgeous and does an excellent job of playing the rich playboy and can I just–DAMN! his abs are awesome! This is Emma Stone’s second movie of the summer (The Help) and I have to say that I preferred her in this role. Of course that could have something to do with how much I related to her character.The show stealing role goes to Jonah Bobo who plays Carell and Moore’s son in the film. His character is honest, outspoken, hilarious and worth every penny if only just to see him.

The movie starts out shaky, but picks up speed and lets the good times roll up until the end. This is definitely a movie to buy once it’s out on DVD/Bluray and is definitely worth the money to see in the theater. Go forth and enjoy my fellow movie lovers.

Grade: A+