(This is how complicated love can be)Cast: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin & John Krasinski
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Screenplay by: Nancy Meyers
Plot:
After being divorced for nearly a decade, Jane (Streep) and Jake (Baldwin) reignite their relationship despite Jake being re-married and Jane recently meeting nice guy, Adam (Martin).
Verdict:
Director Nancy Meyers latest, It's Complicated, is rather simple actually because it treads all the same paths a standard rom-com treads. So yes you have seen it all before and yes you will know how it's all going to work out.
However the journey is a fun one thanks to a great cast. With the brilliant hit show 30 Rock, Baldwin has established himself as a hilarious comic actor and here is on top form, turning a potentially slimy character into a riotous, likable one. Streep of course is as reliable and likable as ever whilst Steve Martin gives a nicely restrained performance; it's a case of three old pros making sure we keep watching. But then it's relatively newcomer John Krasinski who ends up stealing all there thunder with a perfect showcase of comedic timing.
There are moments of forced gags, some cheesy dialogue and awkward dramatic acting along the way but some genuine big laughs do emerge including Streep and Martin smoking pot and Krasinski's reaction when he discovers the affair going on. So if nothing else, see it for the performances.
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