SummaryAt fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver is living the dream—good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily, has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his "perfect" life quickly unravels. Worse, in today's single world, Cal, who hasn't dated in decades, stands out as the epi... Read More
Directed By:Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Written By:Dan Fogelman
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
User score
Generally Favorable
7.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
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3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Jul 27, 2011
100
Nothing more (or less) than an enchanting light comedy of romantic confusion... It's a movie that understands love because it understands pain.
Jul 29, 2011
75
Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei make the most of their limited screen time, injecting straight comedy into a movie that occasionally comes close to losing its sense of humor.
User score
Generally Favorable
79% Positive
387 Ratings
387 Ratings
17% Mixed
85 Ratings
85 Ratings
4% Negative
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
Jul 16, 2023
10
One of my favorite movies of all time. Not a cookie-cutter romantic comedy at all. A little bit sad, and very funny, and just brilliantly executed.
Jun 11, 2023
10
Love this movie. This was just like my break up except the babysitter. Really hilarious though. Very entertaining!
Jul 28, 2011
75
The fun is in watching these robustly generic people trip over and pinball off of each other, seeing them eddy around Carell, who as the straight man here is getting dangerously close to Greg Kinnear's territory - where comedy is too self-serious to laugh at.
Jul 29, 2011
70
Grant the filmmakers the efficiency of their plotting, even if it reduces characters to types. And credit them with having assembled a cast capable of making the film's craziness and stupidity appealing, even if hitching actors of the caliber of Moore and Gosling (and to a lesser extent Carell and Stone) to material this thin is a little like hitching a Saturn rocket to a go-cart.
Jul 23, 2011
70
The movie suffers perhaps from too many characters and subplots but all the actors appear to have fun with their characters.
Jul 28, 2011
60
It's especially disappointing when the story takes an inevitable turn to starry-eyed mush, dulling the sharp satire of the crazy, stupid ins and outs of romantic entanglement with an unconvincingly saccharine one-true-love-for-all moral.
Jul 26, 2011
25
What to say about an uphill slog called Crazy, Stupid, Love? It's not nearly crazy enough to clear the clogged arteries of summer comedies, and when the love appears, it's in all the wrong places. Oh well, at least they nailed the stupid part.
Apr 2, 2024
6
Twee filled dramedy centered around the ambiguity of a married couple going through a divorce. There are many ideas and characters presented and brushed aside as 2 dimensional plot devices in favor of grander set pieces. I wish they had leant harder into either the drama or the comedy. By appealing to both parts equally, it becomes toothless as a drama and predictable as a comedy. The cast, soundtrack and production quality are superb. An entertaining mess!
Mar 18, 2024
6
A great cast, but the plot was very cringe and awkward in some places. The whole story arc with the 13 year old child and the babysitter was very uncomfortable, particularly him practically stalking and harassing her and ending the movie being given a stack of nude photos for his trouble. Why was she so besotted with his father anyway? I feel they should have removed this part of the story completely and spent more time on the relationship between Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. Some parts were very funny, but overall very hit and miss.
Oct 22, 2011
3
Lame. Had such high hopes. Gave up after 15 minutes. Its mindless...even with Ryan Gosling, its just falters. Relies too much on Steve Carell. Tries to be the next American beauty but ends up as a DVD bin box discount. Bypass this load of rubbish.
Production Company:
- Carousel Productions (II)
Release Date:Jul 29, 2011
Duration:1 h 58 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:This Is Crazy
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Casting Society (CSA)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
