
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
This is crazy. This is stupid. This is love.
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
Cast of Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Steve Carell
as Cal

Ryan Gosling
as Jacob

Julianne Moore
as Emily

Emma Stone
as Hannah

Lio Tipton
as Jessica

Jonah Bobo
as Robbie

Joey King
as Molly

Marisa Tomei
as Kate

Beth Littleford
as Claire

John Carroll Lynch
as Bernie

Kevin Bacon
as David Lindhagen

Liza Lapira
as Liz
Crazy, Stupid, Love. facts
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $145.1M
Our take on Crazy, Stupid, Love.
This 2011 romantic comedy from Glenn Ficarra opens with Cal Weaver seemingly living the American dream: steady job, nice house, good kids and a wife, Emily, he adores. That life comes apart when he learns Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over forty and abruptly single, Cal flounders in the modern dating world until Jacob Palmer, a smooth self-styled ladies' man, takes him under his wing and teaches him to charm again. Warm, sharply written and threaded with real feeling beneath the laughs, it balances comedy and heartache with an ensemble touch. A good pick for viewers who like romance that is grown-up, funny and quietly bittersweet.
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Romantic comedy balances hilarious humor with genuine emotional depth
- •Divorcee premise allows mature relationship exploration authentically
- •Law school subplot adds dimension beyond superficial dating hijinks
What the audience disliked
- •Ensemble structure sometimes dilutes central romance storyline
- •Babysitter complication descends into sitcom-level dramatic contrivance
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