I have a plea to anyone who thinks writing a romantic comedy is still a good idea: Stop. There are no more romantic comedy ideas. We get to know Harry and Sally, fall in love with them and watch them fall in love with each other over the course of their year relationship.
Romantic comedies these days have gimmicks. Through a twist of fate that can only be contrived for a screenplay, Lainey Alison Brie and Jake Jason Sudeikis lose their virginity to each other in college. Years later, Lainey is hung up on jerk Matthew Adam Scott , who treats her like crap, and Jake has become some kind of impishly charming Lothario.
By chance, Lainey and Jake end up at a Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous-type meeting together and decide to go on a date. And then they go on screwing up their respective love lives and comforting each other.
In fact, at around the minute mark, they even admit their love for each other and go on doing nothing about it for no good reason, other than the screenplay demands it and because minute-long movies are a drag, even for people who like short movies.
As characters in a movie, we think, Oh my God, just get together and get it over with. Skip to main content. Donate Advertising Best of Santa Fe Back to Search Results. Food The Fork Restaurant Reviews.
