But unfortunately she has revealed that she's unable to land a leading
role in a romantic comedy because she looks too young.
Usually
in a romantic comedy like this, it's up to the leads to have the emotional arc and all of the supporting actors to bring the laughs.
Those movie characters surely face their own challenges when it comes to dating, but you should remind yourself that not every aspect of the dating process is
demonstrated in romantic comedies.
WHY: «Man Up» received such a limited theatrical release in the U.S. that most people have probably never even heard of it, but it's actually one of the better recent entries
in the romantic comedy genre, which makes its desultory treatment all the more bewildering.
He's Just Not That Into You Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlet Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Justin Long, Drew Barrymore and many more all
appear in this romantic comedy based loosely on the ideologies of the popular book of the same name designed to help women understand how men think.
Whether it's fan girling over Ada Lovelace by having her as a secondary character in Must Love Breeches, or outright geek references with geek types
in her romantic comedy with paranormal elements, Beer and Groping in Las Vegas, or going all Southern steampunk in Steam Me Up, Rawley, she likes to have fun with her romances and hopes her readers do too.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 9, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bride Wars (PG for crude humor, suggestive content and mild epithets) Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway
co-star in this romantic comedy about a couple of lifelong best friends who become bitter rivals after a clerical error leaves both of their weddings scheduled for the same day.
Christian Mingle caters not only to Christian singles, but also to movie lovers, since it played an important role
in a romantic comedy of the same name telling an adorable story about online matchmaking.
Wimbledon, 2004 Nichols was up for the part of a John McEnroe
type in this romantic comedy, which meant he had to impress the film's tennis adviser, Pat Cash (a Wimbledonwinner in» 87).
Fading Gigolo (R for profanity, sexuality and brief nudity) John Turturro wrote, directed and stars
in the romantic comedy as a dashing Don Juan who woos wealthy widows in order to help out a cash - strapped pal (Woody Allen).
Love and Other Drugs (Thanksgiving) Academy award - winner Edward Zwick directs a couple of Oscar - nominees (Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal)
in this romantic comedy based on Jamie Reidy's mermoir «Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman» about a free spirit who meets her match in a charming ladies man.
In 1987, she made her breakthrough film
performance in the romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, ideally cast as the high - fashion publicist Frankie Stone opposite the literally robotic John Malkovich.
Hence the overriding impression one gets from Definitely, Maybe is that the film functions as a mature and thoughtful
entry in the romantic comedy canon.Hide
Winona Ryder channels the post-grad
blues in this romantic comedy co-starring Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller (making his directorial debut), and Janeane Garofalo, playing an aspiring filmmaker who realizes that her...
While Kate has mostly appeared
in romantic comedies since then, she has the skills that have film producers on their knees begging for more.
Brosnan next appears opposite Emma
Thompson in romantic comedy heist film, The Love Punch, playing a happily divorced couple trying to recover retirement money that was stolen from them.
That was followed by Owen's voice
work in another romantic comedy of sorts, Pixar - Disney's «Cars,» and the critically lambasted, commercially successful comedy, «You, Me and Dupree,» which introduced Owen to his latest high - profile girlfriend, Kate Hudson.
The women in this category are different than the woman who simply hopes to get her man to dress a little better or hopes he'll learn to appreciate the subtle humor that is
found in a romantic comedy.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean actress stars with Mark Ruffalo and Adam
Levine in the romantic comedy about a disgraced music executive who strikes up an unlikely friendship with an aspiring singer - songwriter, played by Keira.
Guy Pearce (The Rover) and Cobie Smulders (The Avengers) are fitness
freaks in this romantic comedy about two personal trainers who become entangled with a wealthy client (Kevin Corrigan, The Departed), who has one goal: to be able to take a punch.
Everybody gets to make a good impression: O'Dowd gives nice guys (arguably the least attractive
stereotype in romantic comedies) a good name and offers the perfect counterpoint to the scathingly funny Jon Hamm, who turns Ted into a hilariously shallow, low - key monster.
He is proud and uncompromising in his portrayal (Gandolfini's last recorded major role before his death this year), and it's a role you don't see
often in these romantic comedies, where the male has body issues he has to contend with, which is handled with aplomb.
Well, if you've driven to work on auto - pilot, reaching your destination without any recollection of the drive there, or been completely
enthralled in a romantic comedy or footy game on TV, then you've been in trance.
In the coming year, Mandy will star
in the romantic comedy Swinging with the Finkels and is the voice of Rapunzel in Disney's 50th animated feature film set to release around Thanksgiving.
After seeing Gere and Roberts play much smarter people (
even in romantic comedies), it is painful to see them dumbed down here.
An additional cop role, in The Seven - Ups (1973), followed, but by this point, Scheider had reportedly grown concerned that he would be pegged and typecast as a policeman and decided to branch out with an offbeat turn
in the romantic comedy Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975).