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Playing For Keeps
18 Dec 2012
A rigidly formulaic and shamelessly sentimental romcom starring Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler has fared pretty badly when it comes to tackling romantic comedies (if you dare recall The Ugly Truth and PS I Love You) and his latest film doesn’t improve on his record. A predictable tale of redemption, Playing for Keeps is a…
Celeste and Jesse Forever
5 Dec 2012
Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg star in an intriguing take on the well-worn romcom genre
A couple of years ago Hollywood posed the question of whether a man and a woman could be friends without the question of sex rearing its head (No Strings Attached, Friends With Benefits). In Celeste and Jesse Forever, writers Rashida Jones and Will…
This Means War
1 Mar 2012
Unsuccessful mash-up of the rom-com and spy action genres
(12A) 97min McG attempts to satisfy both sexes in This Means War – a testosterone-driven action meets girl-pleasing rom-com, that ends up not being good in either genre, despite featuring two of the hottest young actors around (Tom Hardy and Chris…
Zookeeper
13 Jul 2011
Kevin James stars in woefully bad family rom-com
(PG) 101min Part rom-com, part Doctor Dolittle style family comedy, Zookeeper, starring lardarse comic actor Kevin James (The Dilemma, Grown Ups), is a wholly unsatisfactory experience for all but the most juvenile minds. The latest offering from…
Warm Bodies
4 Feb 2013
Hollywood's stab at the zom-rom-com starts off well, but slides into Twilight-style storytelling
Having already deprived vampires of any real bite and declawed werewolves into the bargain, Hollywood now turns its attention to zombies and attempts to tap into their sensitive side with zom-rom-com Warm Bodies. The result, while not quite dead on…
