Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

I just got back from seeing Crazy, Stupid, Love with Justin. My movie buddy Jacqui wrote a review, but I would like to share my views of the film as well. I personally loved the movie. It really did a great job of blending comedy and drama. This film makes you care about all of the characters involved. Jacqui touched on the plot so I won't reiterate it, but the different storylines were all fantastic and well written. My favorite performance much like Jacqui's was by Ryan Gosling which is odd because I normally do not like his work. I also really enjoyed Emma Stone's character and I am not a huge fan of hers, but she is growing on me in terms of her roles. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling had such GREAT chemistry. Their scenes were so amazing. The chemistry between Steve Carell and Julianne Moore was great and you could feel the long term relationship. One aspect I really liked was it focuses on love from three different age brackets: the young, lustful love with his son Robbie and their babysitter (which has some really hilarious twists in it), the young 20 something love where they're deciding what steps to take (this is observed through different storylines), and the older couples relationship (through Carell and Moore with mid-life crises etc). The plot twists towards the end were so amazing and perfectly connected all the storylines which was very awesome. The theater was packed and one little tidbit that I just cannot give away because it was so perfectly well done got such a great reaction and nobody saw it coming. I had an inkling that it might just based on certain characteristics in the characters, but I really liked the revelation. This whole revelation scene ended up being my favorite scene besides the one with Stone and Gosling. In my opinion, this movie is a must see. The acting, writing, music, plot and cameos by Marisa Tomei (HILARIOUS), Kevin Bacon, Nancy Carell and Josh Groban are amazing. Jacqui gave it a 3/5. I give it a 4/5. I honestly was very impressed with how this turned out and will definitely get the DVD when it comes out. As my brothers Jake and Justin know I have a huge case of DVDS that I call The Case and this movie passes approval.