Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Here, the entire plot of Hitch is just a prelude to a multilayered relationship collage combining romantic, comedic and dramatic elements. Though it follows a Hollywood template, it works skillfully with several characters whose love troubles are not completely clichéd and predictable. Thanks to this, and thanks to the casting of Ryan Gosling and Julianne Moore in the roles where you’d expect Adam Sandler and Salma Hayek, the film is not just another bland pot of mush. (27/09/2011)

Once again, a film full of quality humor and great lines. I don't think anyone in the cast is up to Ryan Gosling’s standard, but Steve Carell shone exceptionally. There are plenty of scenes that made me laugh out loud and a few that made me melt a little. The music was also well chosen. I appreciate films like this in this day and age. The only thing that kept it from perfection for me was a bit less of an American ending. 4.5 stars. (08/12/2011)

I really wasn't expecting so much tasteful humor along with a rather rich plot (for a romantic comedy to be sure). The story of each couple is irreplaceable, the intertwining is gradual and thoughtful, and the acting is very enjoyable. This film warms the heart, caresses the soul, entertains, moves, and leaves you with purely positive feelings. And Robbie is the most sincere and endearing character (I'm not a homosexual or a pedophile), his persistence towards Jessica is admirable, funny, and evokes no small amount of sympathy for his character. The more romantic comedies like this that exist, the more the majority audience base of the genre will be restored (cultivated?) and the world will be a little better for it.:) The complete absence of childish and cheesy humor is replaced by a wonderful narrative about love relationships across all generations – spiced up with brilliant casting and an overall natural impression. One of the genre film highlights of recent years. I was ultimately put off from giving it full marks by Cal's overly sweet final speech. (09/04/2012)

For three quarters of its run I was really thrilled with Crazy, Stupid, Love, but that clichéd happy ending made me lose that feeling very quickly. Carell, Gosling, Moore, et al. are fantastic, I had no problem liking everyone. It’s certainly a very nice film, but if you want to see a truly great one, turn it off after the “meeting in the garden” scene. (24/10/2011)

Such a stellar constellation, and such a shallow result. What does it matter that actors like Carell, Moore, Emma Stone or the new hearthrob Ryan Gosling shine in front of the camera, when they are part of a script so naive and shallow that it was impossible to ignore. The three romantic storylines fit together beautifully and the first face-to-face meeting of all the characters raises the film to a slightly higher level, but with the exception of Gosling's affair, the stories are not very interesting, in some respects they’re downright far-fetched (I would have shot that little boy), and also blindly predictable until the final reconciliatory happy ending. I don't want to criticize too much, because this comedy certainly doesn't deserve it, but as much as I was looking forward to and expecting an American version of Love Actually, in the end I had to put up with just another routine movie that was neither very funny nor original. 70% (14/03/2013)