A Walk in the Clouds, just delightful. |
It Could Happen to You. |
I agree with you and was thinking that about a lot of movies mentioned here. But Say Anything? It’s my favorite rom com of all time. It’s also tagged as a romantic comedy (rom com) everywhere. It just happens to be an actual good one and not lame and formulaic. Conversely, princess bride is action/adventure; The Birdcage is comedy/thriller; and 500 Days of Summer is a rom-com drama. (Some places call say anything a rom-com drama too, so I guess it’s debatable, but you could also say a rom-com drama is still a rom-com.) |
Here’s Roger Ebert calling Say Anything a romantic comedy back in 1989: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/say-anything-1989 “This is one of the best films of the year - a film that is really about something, that cares deeply about the issues it contains - and yet it also works wonderfully as a funny, warmhearted romantic comedy.“ |
I'd agree with this. Rom Com done well is not Hallmark. |
(And I love Hallmark type movies for what they are. But romcom is broader and Say Anything fits IMHO.) |
+1 I LOVE this. Bought it on DVD because it was never available on streaming. (maybe is now? I haven't looked in a while) |
I understand not wanting to watch this with your teen son. But I love it when movies, normalize oral sex on women. For most women, this is the main event and yet TV and movies P in V is always seen as the main event with the women having an orgasm quickly every time when we know in reality that is more rare. |
I love this one! |
I enjoyed this Danish romantic movie on Netflix. NOT a comedy, but sweet and a little angsty. Male lead is gorgeous.
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Your girl is lovely, Hubbell. |
My all-time favorite. There was a time before this movie that I simply could not stomach Drew Barrymore and this was the movie that turned that around for me. She is delightful in it. |
I wanted to like this one. But Rosie Perez and her nasal shrieking combined with the Briget Fonda’s faux-naive overacting opposite Nicholas Cage just….being too sappy even for Nicholas Cage. It’s was all too much. |
There’s another lighthearted rom com Jennifer Anniston one that I enjoyed called Picture Perfect. (With Jay Mohr and Kevin Bacon) turns out she was actually pretty good at the rom com genre…… |
Watched this with my teen a few nights ago. Cringe. And the updated haircut is soooooo late-90s “chic” it was so so so so bad. |