Though I'm no famed movie critic, I must give the film, Crazy, Stupid Love, written by Dan Fogelman, and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, three thumbs up!!! If you've been having a tough time with love lately, relax, catch a matinee, and see this creatively written, romantic-comedy. The film stars, funny-man, Steve Carell, (which in my opinion, he did a fantastic job diversifying himself as an actor), as Cal Weaver, Ryan Gossling, (my new celebrity crush!!), as Jacob Palmer, and Analeigh Tipton, (from Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model season 3), as Jessica Riley. Other stars include, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, and Kevin Bacon. The plot was very creative as well. Cal Weaver, a middle aged married man, with three children, is thrown for a very wild emotional loop, when his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), of twenty-five years suddenly asks for a divorce, and later confesses that she had an affair with a co-worker. Pretty much settled into the monotony of life, Cal is unable to handle such a dramatic turn. This is where Jacob Palmer, a womanizing, ladies-man, comes in and offers to save Cal from his downward spiral of drunken nights at the bar and incessant blabber of hurt and betrayal brought on by his wife's affair. Though, Jacob was able to transform Cal from "drab-to-fab", and the two were able to form a sort of a "bromance", we see that Jacob is also battling with deep feelings of an unfulfilled love life. All the while, these two men are well aware of what they truly desire in life, yet are unable to properly satisfy it. The big quest, according to Cal's 13 year old son, who is enamored with his 17 year old babysitter, (Jessica), is simple, (I'm loosely quoting), "you never stop fighting for your soul mate". In the spectrum of things, Cal was able to realize that his soul-mate was and would always be his wife Emily, even though the two felt they had drifted apart. Shockingly, Cal's adult daughter, Hannah (Emma Stone), turns out to be Jacob's soul mate, and is able to transform him from a ladies' man, to a devoted, one woman man.
Is love really this simple? Robbie Weaver is convinced! And after watching the movie, I must say, I became a believer myself. Although the characters in this film had already been acquainted with their soul mates, or had meet them long ago, it still gives the message, I believe, that your soul mate is out there, and is worth waiting for. Often we will seek many different relationships that will probably satisfy our fantasies or desires, for the moment, but will not provide sustenance to a more meaningful, growing, or loving relationship. (Pay attention to Jacob Palmer's love-life, it portrays this meaning perfectly). In essence, fighting then becomes more of a passion to seek and find [true love and happiness], rather than an effort.
Well anyway I will not try to derive or influence your interpretation of the film, I simply encourage that you go out this week or weekend and see this warm, comical, and inspirational film.
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