Nonetheless, if your boyfriend hates rom-coms and you adore them, you both might get a kick out of this very silly – also uncomfortably sexy, at times – and inventive spoof.īy the way, if you want to watch me open these presents and a few others – we always spend too much on one another – you can check that out right here. It's perfect.Īll the formulaic horseshit is exactly the point, but it comes from a place of love and admiration, not derision of the genre. Goofy montages, one-dimensional characters, brutally obvious plot directions, eye-rolling canned lines, a cut to Norah Jones actually performing a song in the middle of the movie. (Also, obviously the story is a take on Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail.) Wain called it "a deliberately terrible romantic comedy" and you can feel just how terrible he wished to make it. Showalter and Wain owe a bit to legends like Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker with the lightning pace of the humor and deadpan dialogue, and that's a style I love. But most are! I probably laughed more at this film than anything I've watched in months. I myself am a very stupid person so I deeply connected with this utterly ridiculous movie that did not go 15 seconds without a joke. How do they come back together?Įvery possible cliché and trope of rom-coms comes out with full force in this relentless parody of the beloved genre. Joel runs back to Tiffany and Molly dates her banker Eggbert (Ed Helms). Bad vibes turn good quickly, but life pulls them apart. In fact, their friends Bob (Jason Mantzoukas) and Brenda (Melanie Lynskey) were going to set them up. It's a random Halloween party where Joel and Molly finally meet, Joel convinced by his younger brother Jake (Max Greenfield) and Molly by coworker Wanda (Teyonah Parris). But when Joel catches his girlfriend Tiffany Amber Thigpen (Cobie Smulders) cheating on him with work rival Trevor (Michael Ian Black) – whose boss Roland (Christopher Meloni) gives him the big account to run – his perfect world is shattered. Joel and Molly hear from their friends about all the pros and cons of relationships and marriage, as they each represent very specific viewpoints and explain them clearly. Of course this is in New York, officially the third character in the story, playing itself. Out to dinner with unhappy married couple Kyle (Bill Hader) and Karen (Ellie Kemper), very happily coupled Joel (Paul Rudd) and Molly (Amy Poehler) tell the story of their relationship: one a clumsy single girl running a quirky candy shop and one a committed executive at a big bad candy conglomerate down the block. Both lovers and haters of romantic comedies will find plenty to enjoy in this David Wain feature co-written by Michael Showalter. Finally eight years later I got to check it out, and while it's messy and oftentimes aimless, the humor is on point and rarely unfunny. Tonight's is the rom-com spoof They Came Together, long on my watchlist after I remember reading about this comedy while I was in jail in the Summer of 2014. The second of my two Blu-ray gifts from a friend seven months ago, it's Christmas in July so I had little excuse not to rack 'em up and thank him for the fine movies. You can read my review for the film here.☆ "So, if there was a movie about your relationship, it would probably start with aerial shots of the Manhattan skyline."☆
The movie comes out on June 27th! Thanks to /Film for the heads up. (Hint: Joel makes a big speech and they get back together.) From the director of Wet Hot American Summer, Wanderlust and Role Models comes a hilarious and irreverent subversion of the romantic comedy genre. But then right at the end…well you’ll just have to see. But amazingly, they fall in love, until they break up about two thirds of the way through, and Molly starts dating her accountant (Ed Helms).
Plus, Joel is hung up on his sexy ex (Cobie Smulders). When Joel (Paul Rudd) and Molly (Amy Poehler) meet, it’s hate at first sight: his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie candy shop. For a spoof movie, They Came Together was actually pretty funny. As far as the comedy style goes, there were more hits than misses. The movie comes from director David Wain, who also brought us Wet Hot American Summer and Wanderlust. Things don't turn out too well for them with this foolishness. It features a scene between Rudd and co-star Jason Mantzoukas as they start horsing around in their office by tossing a little football to each other. A fun new clip has been released for Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler's romantic comedy spoof, They Came Together.
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