Out of love and looking for a movie to watch? Crazy,Stupid,Love is the right movie to watch. Why? Two reasons. One; being out of love does not give you the right to give up but instead move on, upgrade yourself and who knows you will find the One. Two; love does not necessarily be complicated. But mainly, do not give up on love.
The movie begins starts off with Emily (Julianne Moore) asking for a divorce from his 25 years of husband, Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) at a dinner. It was a rude shock to Cal, the father of three kids and choose to stay mum until his wife, Emily expose the truth that she slept with someone. But Cal chooses to agree with the divorce.
However, it was the part after divorce that turns out harder for Cal. He hangs out at a bar, getting drunk and starts making a nuisance of himself. Cal starts telling everyone about his divorce and making a fool of himself until he meets Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), the hottest known Casanova in the bar.
Jacob starts to help Cal to get back on track getting him a transformation rather than to give up on love after a divorce. Initially, Cal refuses to heed Jacob’s words, seeing Jacob picking up different girls every single day, for he believed in one true love. However, Jacob suavely managed to convince Cal to upgrade and get out there in the market, where he could be enjoying his life again.
Things get more interesting as Jacob teaches Cal on how to pick up girls. But most importantly, Jacob guided Cal to regain his confidence back. He starts talking to girls and eventually have some casual time with them. Cal thought things were starting to look up but he knows that he still loves Emily and his kids.
Amidst Cal’s life to get back in the market with ladies, another character, Hannah (Emma Stone) appeared. She first encountered Jacob in the bar, while he was trying to pick her up but it failed. She has been awaiting the day for her lawyer boyfriend to propose to her. But when the expected big day comes, her boyfriend laid an unexpected offer to his law firm instead of a marriage proposal. Hannah felt so cheated and devastated that her boyfriend was not going to propose to her even after so long being together. In a fury, she heeds her best friend’s advice and broke up with him right away.
She then makes her way to the bar where Jacob frequents, hoping to get laid after blatantly chasing Jacob away the last time they met. They kissed and Jacob brought Hannah to his luxurious home. They ended up talking and spending time getting to know each other instead of having sex. And soon, right after, they realized they have fallen for each other. And it was shocking for Jacob as he is one that does not fall in love.
Earlier on, Cal and Emily had a meeting with his son’s teacher. But it turns out that his son’s teacher was one of the ladies that he had slept with. Cal argued with Emily but realizes that as much as he wanted to move on, he refuses to. But it was all too late. Was it? He looks for Jacob but Jacob was gone. Cal was clueless.
This is where things get tough. But like the saying goes, if there’s a will, there’s a way. The divorce was definitely a mistake to Cal but he knows that he has to amend it someway somehow if he wants to be happy for the rest of his life. And that……. is where I should stop so that you may watch the rest of the movie. Well just another twist part, Hannah turns out to be Cal and Emily’s daughter! Shocking? Yup but things get more complicated too as Jacob is dating Hannah, something Cal disapproves. So how did Crazy,Stupid, Love ended?
The ending was definitely worth watching but it was the whole story plot that made me glued to my screen. Not to mention how incredibly attractive Ryan Gosling is. This may sound crazy but it was my first Ryan Gosling movie I’ve ever watched. This movie definitely makes me want to watch more Gosling’s movies!
In a nutshell, I would give Crazy,Stupid,Love. 3 out of 5 stars! So if you are crazy, stupid and wants to be in love or maybe in or out of love, you should watch this while having a blanket around to keep you warm while watching.
Till my next post lovelies ❤
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