Playing It Cool

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Ron S Apr 3, 2019 A fun rom com featuring a lead who works as a screenwriter who hates rom coms. The unreliable narrator who pokes fun at himself made it an enjoyable watch. See more

Nov 8, 2018 I loved it, it is a very funny and interesting story with good acting. Sure it's not the greatest movie but if you love rom-coms (which I do) it's a fun play on one. It makes fun of the traditional rom-com and is a great watch See more

Oct 17, 2018 A smart screenplay full of visual metaphors, great lead cast, sólida secondary characters. Still, the development is unoriginal and the conclusión feels lacking, even coward, going for the cheesiness instead of challenging our expectations. That'd be the summary: a movie that hints that is going to subvert our expectations and repeteadly gives up. The first half was pretty enjoyable, if crude and juvenile; the second half is undefined and lazy. See more

Draco S Aug 15, 2018 Strengths: There are several talented actors in this cast. Chris Evans (Me) is more than charismatic enough to carry this load as the lead. Aubrey Plaza (Mallory), Anthony Mackie (Bryan), Topher Grace (Scott), Martin Starr (Lyle), and Luke Wilson (Samson) all deliver fun performances. I got a kick out of the cameos by Ashley Tisdale and Matthew Morrison, playing wild versions of themselves. There are several good moments of dialogue, especially when the main group of friends is talking. Not only is it witty, but most of their conversation feels natural. There are a handful of funny scenes, especially when Me has his dreams and inputs himself into them. I also found the idea to name the characters "me" and "her" to be an interesting one. Weaknesses: Michelle Monaghan (Her) was probably the biggest issue with the movie. She's not flat out bad, but she lacked chemistry with Evans. Their romance never felt believable or like one you'd want to root for. It would've made more sense for the lead to end up with Mallory. Their stuff felt more natural and could've been fleshed out more. The film is also ripe with clichés. It's interesting, because it disses romantic comedies for falling into those traps, yet it ends up committing those same problems. And not in a cute way where it pokes fun at itself. Other than a handful of dialogue bits and a few dream scenes, it doesn't bring many laughs for a comedy. Overall: Most of the cast, especially Evans and Plaza, do solid work. The story just hits too many overly familiar beats and has the major problem of trying to sell a romance between two people who don't have chemistry. See more

Draco R Jun 24, 2018 Cute! Liked it a lot.

Abraham S Apr 7, 2018 The script for this movie was just terrible. While the performances were decent, the pacing was uneven, characters presented as leads disappeared for large chunks of the movie and some never served any purpose in progressing the plot. While the film tried to poke fun at some of the genre's cliches, it ultimately fell into them to be predictable without any of the charm of other rom coms. Hard pass. See more

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