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It's Complicated
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Two-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. Jane (Streep) has three grown kids, a thriving Santa Barbara bakery and an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, Jake (Baldwin). Now, a decade after their divorce, an innocent dinner between Jane and Jake turns into the unimaginable - an affair. Caught in the middle of their rekindled romance are Jake’s young wife and Adam (Martin), a recently divorced architect who starts to fall for Jane. Could love be sweeter the second time around? It’s… complicated! From writer/director Nancy Meyers comes the comedy that critics call "laugh-out-loud funny" (Rex Reed, The New York Observer).
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It's delightful to see Meryl Streep come into her own as a romantic comedian in her later career years--after all the accolades, the Oscars, the serious-as-marble dramatic roles. Streep is in fact a true cutup, as she has demonstrated in films like Mamma Mia and Julie & Julia--and she gets the guy. So if Nancy Meyers's It's Complicated is perhaps a bit facile in the plot department, it's saved by a splendid romp of a performance by Streep (as Jane), along with her two leading men, Alec Baldwin (Jane's ex-husband, Jake) and Steve Martin (her supposed boyfriend, Adam). Meyers, as she did in Something's Gotta Give and Baby Boom, turns notions of over-the-hilldom--at least for women--on their ear. Streep's Jane is a contented, affluent divorcée with excellent taste in furnishings, happily about to preside over an empty nest and feeling just fine about it. Who should bump into, and ruin, this perfect solitude but Jane's ex, Jake, played to a pompous (and hilarious) fare-thee-well by Baldwin. "Turns out I'm a bit of a slut," chirps the sexually awakened Jane. The beauty of It's Complicated is that it really isn't all that complicated--its chemistry depends on the wonderful actors (including the supporting cast of John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, and Rita Wilson) and the oft-forgotten reality that people over 25 can have great sex, and fall head over heels. --A.T. Hurley
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A departure from the average Romance Comedy. Very entertaining and funny!Review date: 2010-08-01 Rating: 10 out of 10I like the average romance comedy, they are usually so predictable and cliche, all that happens is they fall in love. but in this movie it is far more exciting and the thing I LOVE about this movie is the cast The Fab Four as I call them (Meryl Streep who is so funny, Alec Baldwin who is wonderful as always and I'm a fan of his from 30Rock, Steve Martin, and John Krasinski from the office) bring in more humor to this delightful comedy. The story is written so well and kept me laughing so much and it really is very entertaining I could not stop watching it. If you like comedy then this is for you.
ReviewsDon't take what you have for granted!Review date: 2010-07-30 Rating: 10 out of 10It's a movie about a couple, who have fallen back in love after 10 years of divorce. It's complicated because the guy is married, the women is attracted to her architect, and their children seem happier with them being divorced.
The story is interesting and original.
The movie has lots of romantic and funny scenes too.
It tells you that even though you might think you will be happier after separating from your spouse, you might regret it later on because you will truly see his or her value then and wish you never took that decision.
Very good movie for couples to watch.Nancy Meyers, Meryl Streep, and a Witty Script!Review date: 2010-07-29 Rating: 10 out of 10Maybe it's because I'm an aging Babyboomer, but I love the directorial work of Nancy Meyers, who understands our generation better than nearly anybody...and when she writes a wonderfully wise comedy, and is teamed with America's finest actress, Meryl Streep, you have the potential for something really special. While "It's Complicated" may not rank as the finest film in either woman's career, in a year of overblown sequels and overwrought dramas, it is a breath of fresh air, and is certainly one of my favorite films of 2010.
The plot is something many of us can understand...years after a divorce, the ex-wife (Streep), facing an 'empty nest' as the last of her children leaves home, is seduced, casually, at first, by her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin, an old pro at combining smarmy and sincere). Because she's vulnerable, she 'gives in', despite the fact that the break-up put her into therapy, and he's been married for 10 years to the 'hot' younger woman (Lake Bell), he dumped her for. She knows their 'fling' is wrong, and she has met a really wonderful guy who likes her (Steve Martin, fabulous in a surprisingly subdued performance), but the ex-husband feels so good having his 'secret affair', he begins aggressively pursuing her. Back in Hollywood's 'Golden Age', we might have rooted for Baldwin and Streep to reconcile (consider "The Philadelphia Story" and it's musical clone, "High Society"), but Meyers understands today's far more complex issues, and, with kindness and humor, explores the impact of the couple's actions on Streep's children, her friends, and even Martin (in a wild laptop sequence). The resolution is very satisfying, I'm happy to say!
The supporting cast is first-rate (as in all of Nancy Meyers' films), especially the adult children (Hunter Parrish, Caitlin Fitzgerald, and Zoe Kazan), and Streep's son-in-law-to-be (the scene-stealing John Krasinski). And the women of the film are a 'Who's Who' of terrific veteran actresses (including Rita Wilson, Mary Kay Place, and Nora Dunn).
As for Meryl Streep...the older she gets, the more beautiful, sensual, and funny she becomes...She's worth the love of both men, and more!
"It's Complicated" is great fun...Thanks, Nancy Meyers!!
You may call it "vindication" or "righting a wrong"Review date: 2010-07-23 Rating: 8 out of 10While the ex-husband moves on with his life, the mid-aged ex-wife played by Meryl Streep focuses on every aspect of her life but love! When both attend their son's graduation, it seems as though the old spark comes back to life. The performances of Streep, Baldwin, and Steve Martin make a simple plot sweet and a bit funny. See if reliving the past will be a good idea or not!uneven script buoyed by fun performancesReview date: 2010-07-23 Rating: 6 out of 10Nancy Meyers makes smart, funny romantic comedies for thinking adults. Her 2003 "Something's Gotta' Give," with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson, was a near-classic of the genre. Though her latest, "It's Complicated," with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, is nowhere near as good as that earlier film, it still manages to tickle the funny bone (from time to time) while providing us with a chance to watch some of Hollywood's most seasoned players still performing at the peak of their power.
Like Keaton, Streep plays an attractive upper-class middle-aged woman who's suffering from empty-nest syndrome and a nonexistent love life. Long divorced from the husband (Baldwin) who cheated on her, Jane has pretty much given up ever having much of a life of her own beyond her grown children and the restaurant she owns and operates in scenic Santa Barbara. Much to her amazement, however, she finds herself rekindling a romance with the very man who left her to marry a younger woman ten years earlier. Further complicating the issue is that Jane is also beginning to have feelings for an architect (Steve Martin) she's hired to help her remodel her house.
As in too many romantic comedies, Meyers' characters live in a squeaky-clean, white-bread world of magazine-layout homes, upscale restaurants, pricey therapy sessions, and endless wine-sipping. And there are times when the cutesiness does get a bit out of hand, particularly in the giggly, you-go-girl scenes between Jane and her requisite bevy of gossipy girlfriends (including an underused Mary Kay Place), who relate their latest romantic escapades all the while bemoaning just what cads men as a whole are. And the secondary characters - mainly the divorced couple's three children and their too-good-to-be-true son-in-law - aren't particularly well developed or played (this includes John Krasinski and Hunter Parrish, who are both much better in "The Office" and "Weeds," respectively).
But Streep, Baldwin and Martin are so confident and relaxed and play off one another with such alacrity and skill that we're pretty much willing to forgive any and all imperfections just to be able to revel in their performances. Add to that Meyers' insights into just how complicated love and romance can be for the aging Baby Boomer set and you have the makings of a slick and enjoyable - if occasionally strained - comedy for grownups.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Alec Baldwin
Meryl Streep
Steve Martin
Recording label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal StudiosEAN: 0025192033292Binding: DVDFormat: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Release date: 2010-04-27Universal product code (UPC): 025192033292Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Audience rating: R (Restricted)Running time: 120 minutesTheatrical release date: 2009Language: English (Unknown)
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Brand: Universal
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