Search for Romance
Five years ago, Hollywood paired Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and the match rewarded the filmmakers with box office receipts exceeding $100 million. No doubt the hope was that a reunion of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-02-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ADVENTURE/ROMANCE
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, ...
Suddenly, it seems that every romantic comedy is using the "best friend" branch of the formula. There are no doubt sociological reasons for this perhaps having something to do with the increasing popularity of the "friend with benefits" (a.k.a. "fu...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, ...
Garden State is one of those movies that fails to stay with the viewer for an extended period of time. It's a forgettable film featuring a throw-away story with unmemorable characters and unremarkable performances. That's not to say it's bad, bec...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-07-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Zach Braff
Cast: Zach Braff, Ian Holm, Natalie Portman, ...
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, ...
When it won the Best Picture Oscar at the 1959 ceremony, Gigi became only the second “pure” musical (after An American in Paris) to win that award. It was a harbinger of things to come. The 1960s would become known as the decade of the mus...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Musical/Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jordan, ...
The Girl Next Door builds up enough good will during its successful first half that we're willing to forgive some of the strange and disappointing convolutions the plot takes us through during the final 45 minutes. There are two primary reasons wh...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-03-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Luke Greenfield
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Nicholas Downs, ...
It's ironic that a motion picture designed as mainstream, commercial entertainment in France will be viewed as an art house film during its American run. The movie in question is Patrice Leconte's The Girl On the Bridge, which made more than $20 m...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-07-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil
To date, no motion picture has adequately captured the soaring highs and devastating lows associated with a long distance relationship, but Going the Distance comes as close as any movie has. Nannette Burstein's feature gets many of the highlights...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Nanette Burstein
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, ...