Two corporate assistants (Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell) are tired of their domineering bosses (Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs), so they scheme to hook them up in order to lighten their workload (and, naturally, also happen to fall for each other, too). Wise gives an endearing performance as the romantically hesitant Erin, and the two women, along with Snow, master a refreshing version of the romantic comedy in which female friendship, not just love interests, serves as a plot centerpiece.

We may earn a commission from these links. Want her to project confidence without haughtiness? Following her Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail days of the 1990s, Meg Ryan hopped on another romantic-comedy project. This irreverent and energetic movie stars Michael Cera as a slacker musician who hits the romantic jackpot when he meets his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers—but must defeat her seven evil exes in manic, video game-inspired fashion.
—Brent Simon, Year: 2013 Director: Richard Curtis Stars:Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hughes, Margot Robbie Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69% Rating: R Runtime: 123 minutes, The enormous success of 1994’s Four Weddings and a Funeral, both the highest-grossing British film in history at the time of its release, as well as a $245 million worldwide box office smash, made a star of its screenwriter, Richard Curtis. But scale and quality exist in two separate zip codes, and what Blue Jay lacks in import it makes up for with effervescence and melancholy.

—Oktay Ege Kozak, Year: 1993 Director: Harold Ramis Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Rating: PG Runtime: 102 minutes, Bill Murray, director/co-writer Harold Ramis and screenwriter Danny Rubin take a Twilight Zone-esque comedic premise—a self-centered weatherman gets stuck experiencing February 2 again and again—and find unexpected profundity. Obvious Child seeks to rethink the typical twenty-something romantic comedy. Danner’s happily independent widow falls into a friendship with her pool boy (Martin Starr) and into courtship with the never-more-dashing Sam Elliot, but I’ll See You in My Dreams doesn’t condescend to its characters (or its viewers). She’s approached by 16-year-old Annika (Chloe Grace Moretz), who’s looking to have Meg buy some beer for her and her friends.

The film is perfect for a popcorn and beer night with the gals and guys. But when he falls for a woman named Mary (Rachel McAdams), Tim begins to see that there are some specific complications to his time-traveling abilities. The best documentaries on Netflix right now (October 2020). The British-set romantic comedy About Time, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams, is Curtis’ third film behind the camera, and it presents an amplified version of the triumphs and shortcomings most characteristic of his work. Tim can rectify that situation, of course. After two films that reveled in crass slackerdom lifestyles (Clerks and Mallrats), Smith honed his writing voice for his third feature, Chasing Amy. All Rights Reserved. Reeling from the one-two punch of a marriage proposal by her longtime boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) that she’s still not sure she’s ready for and also seeing her father, Ed (Jeff Garlin), making out with a random woman at the wedding of her friend, Allison (Ellie Kemper), Meg wanders off into the night. But instead of surveying the wreckage, Lorde presses play on the good times. On his 21st birthday, Tim (Gleeson) discovers from his father (Bill Nighy) that the men in his family have the ability to travel back in time. In Ali Wong’s directorial debut film, she plays Sasha Tran, who returns home to San Francisco to open a new restaurant and runs into her childhood best friend, Marcus Kim. Though it declines to wrap up tidily, there’s some comfort in that, too. On the brink of a breakup, Leilani and Jibran unintentionally become involved in a bizarre murder.

But Robespierre upends those conventions with the serious development at the film’s center. Rom-coms are having a comeback, and the streaming platform has plenty to fall in love with. She’s a treasure, multi-layered, ever hilarious.

Her daughter (Hewitt) intervenes to find a clever way to end the marriage, and the mother walks away with a huge amount of money in a divorce settlement. That TATBILB allows Lara Jean to accomplish this not in spite of but through the fanfic-favorite trope of “fake dating” another, less-risky letter recipient (Noah Centineo’s ridiculously charming Peter Kavinsky) is a story strength. Someone Great’s Jenny (played by Gina Rodriguez, world’s most likeable actress) finds herself in a similar situation. Netflix has begun producing its own original romantic comedies and continues to acquire its share of others. The Trial of the Chicago 7 review: Another few good men? —Andy Crump. If they find a dark place, clench their fists and just focus their mind—poof, off they go! Groundhog Day. Whether it’s a Hollywood comedy challenging middle-class Americans to shake themselves from their middle-class torpor, or a meditation on our unattainable ideas of perfection, Groundhog Day doesn’t just elicit laughs, but leaves audiences more deeply moved than they ever expected—even inspiring some obsessive fans, including one fellow who calculated, down to the day, the number of decades Murray spent in February 2. Nothing like embarking on a porn project to keep a friendship intact, right? When she finds the fake ring, she assumes he’s married and becomes furious. As though to put Paulson’s luminous talents to the test, Lehmann has cast her alongside Mark Duplass, a man primarily known for making tons of low-fi mutter-fests and whose range allows him comfortably to play himself.

In this classic '90s flick, the rich, clever, and popular Cher takes on three projects: befriending/making over the new girl, setting up two of her teachers, and getting the cutest guy in her class to fall for her. (In fact, as the film opens, she walks off stage from a small Brooklyn club to discover that her boyfriend is leaving her for her friend.) All images are used with permission or licensed.

Rather than come clean, Danny tells her he’s a divorced family man, recruiting his employee (Jennifer Aniston) and her two kids to play the parts.

From there, Wong’s Sasha becomes a celebrity chef as Park’s Marcus continues to live at home and work for his father’s blue collar business after his mother’s tragic passing.
Shelton has the ability to coax extraordinarily relaxed, naturalistic performances out of her actors and actresses, and that’s where Laggies really succeeds.

A more conventional film would have love resolve the chronological predicament, but instead, it falls to TV personality Phil (Murray) to become the best version of himself he can possibly be. When Miri learns Bobby’s “partner” is a gay porn star (Justin Long in a memorable performance) Miri is shattered but Zack is inspired, and the two begin to shoot their homemade porn film to help pay the rent. What does the private equity administrator do? Everyone wins.