I don't like rom-com in general because most of the time the attention is spent on getting into a relationship and skips over the other aspects of relationships. Maybe at this pace, Carell will someday find his Punch Drunk Love and do something different, and Hollywood may have some alternatives beyond Apatow-like humor for the genre's survival. On the contrary, it manages to be heartwarming in some bizarre and inexplicable way, and makes a nice role reversal twist between the Carell and Gosling's personas. I won't argue that this surpasses 95% of romantic comedies that are released today, and it gets creative in some aspects instead of relying on a "sexually humorous and crude" screenplay written by American Pie screenwriters. Also, the film had (surprisingly) two climaxes, one comedic and the other one emotional, with a dramatic intermission in between. It is a good sign that Steve Carell has been trying to get out of his comfort zone since Date Night (2010), however, with some obvious inconsistencies in the way.
I do believe in suspension of disbelief, even in romantic comedies, but situations were too far fetched and characters were forgiving things that would be nearly impossible to do for any human. Another major drawback I had was that the situations were too coincidental between each other not to consider them forced. Even Robbie's "graduation gift" from her babysitter is contradictory to the film's final message. Everything circling around their minds is sex-related so are their actions. The main issue I have with this film is that, just like an Italian romantic comedy, it is plagued by disgusting "suburban" characters difficult to empathize with given their disgusting decisions. I mean, nobody eats pizza as cool as him.
Ryan Gosling starred in three movie hits of 2011?
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