Movies in the Comedy/Romance genre
Ghost Town is one of those romantic comedies that never quite clicks. At times, its humor is effective, provoking chuckles and laughs. At other times, the comedy feels forced and awkward. The romantic element is equally hit-and-miss. The chemis...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, ...
What happens when Hollywood marries Charles Dickens, that wacky 19th century romantic comedy scribe, to Matthew McConaughey, that wacky naked bongo drum player? To begin with, great expectations should be curbed. The result is not as good as it sho...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-05-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Noureen DeWulf, Emma Stone, ...
Gigantic is an offbeat romantic comedy that almost - but not quite - works. The characters and situations are a little too quirky for their own good. Everyone is skewed off-center and, while that can be charming in small measures, Gigantic overdo...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-04-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Matt Aselton
Cast: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, ...
The only holiday Hollywood is better at screwing up than Christmas is Valentine’s Day. Every year it seems that the movie industry is intent on making the Day of Love about as enjoyable as a root canal. 2016’s contribution is How to Be Si...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-02-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Christian Ditter
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Alison Brie
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is an uneasy marriage of satire and romantic comedy. The film's inability to decide whether it wants to be sweet and life-affirming or vicious and nasty creates not only a disconnect on the story level but r...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Robert B. Weide
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, ...
I Love You, Beth Cooper contains a share of effective elements wrapped around the core that, overall, isn't very good. Although masquerading as a generic teen romantic comedy, the film touches on topics that are atypically introspective for this s...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Paul Rust, Hayden Panettiere, Rich, ...
Spoiler Alert: To the extent that the term "spoiler" can be applied to something this formulaic, I suppose I ought to warn readers that I talk in general terms about how the movie ends. What do you get when you mix A Christmas Carol with a subst...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-01-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Jonas Elmer
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Siobhan Fallon Hogan, ...
These tough economic times, with the national unemployment rate inching toward double digits, would seem to offer the perfect opportunity to release a movie about the difficulties faced by a recent college graduate in obtaining not merely the "perf...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Vicky Jenson
Cast: Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, ...
For Tom Cruise, 1983 was the year of his Ascension, although the Coronation would have to wait until Top Gun in 1986. Before 1983, Cruise was regarded as an up-and-coming actor, someone to watch. But with the double-barreled success of the teen r...
U.S. Release Date: 1983-08-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: Paul Brickman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, ...
Silver Linings Playbook is a quirky adult romantic comedy that goes beyond the standard rhythms of the genre. Although this is a funny movie, there's an edge to the humor, not unlike what we have become accustomed to in the work of Alexander Payne....
U.S. Release Date: 2012-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY/ROMANCE
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, ...