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Crazy, Stupid, Love (12A)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.

More information on this production is available at crazystupidlove.warnerbros.com.

The critical consensus

Not a bromance, not a girlie romcom, not perfect. But Crazy Stupid Love is funnier, smarter and more touching than your average cut-out-andkeep Hollywood relationship flick.

****(*)Jonathan Crocker, Total Film, 12/09/2011

All the performers work hard to disperse the smog of conservatism that prevails but to little effect.

***(*)(*)Paul Dale, The List, 16/09/2011

A wonderful comedy of romance, pain and getting it all wrong until somebody makes you do it right. The kind of film that makes you want to call someone the minute it’s over, even if just to tell them to go see this movie.

****(*)Olly Richards, Empire Online, 19/09/2011

Crazy, Stupid, Love feels like it wants to please everyone, but you feel the strain at every turn. It's only when Gosling and Stone are allowed room to play that the movie come close to being funny, heartfelt, real.

**(*)(*)(*)Philip Concannon, The Skinny, 20/09/2011

So good-natured you’ll forgive the slide into schmaltz.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22/09/2011

A hilarious insight into the world of dating, with a lorra, lorra laughs to be had.

****(*)Zara Miller, Little White Lies, 22/09/2011

For long stretches, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Crazy, Stupid, Love is a sharp, decidedly superior romantic comedy whose top-rate performers and fizzy dialogue go a long way to overcoming its tired set-up.

***(*)(*)Sukhdev Sandhu, The Telegraph, 22/09/2011

This is airbrushed relationship angst, for which there's definitely a time and a market, but the general blandness does make those flashes of real spike and anger (mostly involving Marisa Tomei's erratic teacher) zing like booze-soaked currants in a bun.

***(*)(*)Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 22/09/2011

Crazy? Not really – just stupid.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 23/09/2011

Very funny, with top-notch performances.

Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 22/09/2011

At last! An intelligent and funny romantic comedy.

*****Chris Tookey, Daily Mail, 23/09/2011

Let's just say that while containing a few laughs, this contains absolutely no surprises.

***(*)(*)Daily Record, 23/09/2011

A couple of risqué moments aside, the surfeit of interweaving plot strands and knuckle-gnawing speeches about finding a soulmate ensure this is a titular "Actually" away from being a US Richard Curtis clone.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 24/09/2011

The film features some of Hollywood's most watchable – a likeably on-autopilot Carell, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Emma Stone – and squanders them something rotten.

Jonathan Romney, The Independent on Sunday, 25/09/2011

Crazy, Stupid, Love (12A)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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