I know this may be weird to say, but this is a guy's
version of a romantic comedy.
«I feel like it's a truly feminist
version of a romantic comedy,» says Deutch, whose character, Harper, provides the comedic and dramatic substance of the story.
Not exact matches
Not a lot
of romantic comedies and historical fiction in the DVR queue —
of all the guy movies we watch, I like the superhero stuff best — that's why I'm pretty pumped to have just watched the 2005
version of «Fantastic Four» in preparations for the reboot coming to theaters.
Directed by Peter Chelsom, this film is the English - language remake
of Masayuki Suo's 1995
romantic comedy of the same name; the Japanese
version earned a record - breaking 9.5 million dollars in United States box offices.
Along with acting in Broadway and off - Broadway plays in the late»90s, Williams also played the young Sharon Stone in the film
version of Sam Shepard's Simpatico (1999), joined the ensemble cast
of the
romantic comedy Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999), and starred as a contemporary young woman transported to fairytale land in the splashy NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom (2000).
A
romantic comedy about a bevy
of American beauties (led by Ann - Margret) amidst the sexually forward men
of Madrid, the story is a remake
of Negulesco's Three Coins in the Fountain set in a Hollywood
version of the Swinging Sixties.
Still, it's closer to that neurotic trippiness than a grown - up
version of Weird Science or Bedtime Stories or the kind
of romantic comedy you'd expect from someone too young and promising to be bitter and resentful.
And here are the five most disappointing films
of the year: On the Road (Michael Winterbottom's Wolf Alice tour movie can't even find something interesting in its fictional subplot), Hampstead (a painfully strained
romantic comedy set in a twee
version of London), The Book
of Henry (Colin Trevorrow missteps with this convoluted thriller), The Snowman (Michael Fassbender struggles to sustain this lifeless Scandinavian mystery) and Pitch Perfect 3 (it's painful to watch the Bellas try their hand at action -
comedy).
No one was clamoring for a remake
of Overboard, but here we are with a new
version of the amnesiac
romantic comedy.
And then on another level, with its darkly funny and oftentimes fairy tale - like tone, Secretary is the dismissal
of all the cute, production - line, storybook
romantic comedies where one actress can be exchanged with another while the story rehashes things we already know about Hollywood's
version of romance.
I'm giving away Kindle
versions of my first Alpine Grove
Romantic Comedy, Chez Stinky.