Anonymous
03/29/2024 21:35
Subject: Re:Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sliding Doors
Only You
I love Sliding Doors
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.
Anonymous
03/29/2024 21:33
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Switch with Jen Aniston and Jason Bateman
Hilarious movie!
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……
Anonymous
03/29/2024 21:31
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:It Could Happen to You.
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.
Anonymous
03/29/2024 21:28
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Ever After
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.
Anonymous
03/29/2024 21:24
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:I just watched A Perfect Story on Netflix based on the recommendations on this thread - I'd give it a 5.
My recs are The Wedding Date, 10 Things I Hate About You, Love & Basketball, Dirty Dancing, Moonstruck, Say Anything, Princess Bride (random assortment).
For an oldie but goodie, The Way We Were (sigh!).
Your girl is lovely, Hubbell.
Anonymous
03/29/2024 13:03
Subject: Re:Lesser known good rom-coms?
I enjoyed this Danish romantic movie on Netflix. NOT a comedy, but sweet and a little angsty. Male lead is gorgeous.
Anonymous
03/29/2024 12:57
Subject: Re:Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Sweet home Alabama
I love this one!
Anonymous
03/29/2024 08:20
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Away We Go is one of my favorite movies and no one has heard of it!
I LOVE this movie. however if you are thinking about seeing it with your teen daughter or son be aware the first scene is a very explicit oral sex scene. Which is a bummer because I am dying to watch this with my 15 year old son but not sure we can get past that first scene....
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.
Anonymous
03/28/2024 15:40
Subject: Re:Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:French Kiss (1990s). Meg Ryan plays an anxious American, and Kevin Kline pulls off a full French accent and amazing facial hair.
+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)
Anonymous
03/27/2024 09:51
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A movie can have both comedy and romance in it and not be a rom-com! It's a specific genre. Things like Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, Say Anything, 500 Days of Summer, or the Birdcage are not rom-coms!
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.)
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.)
Anonymous
03/27/2024 09:50
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A movie can have both comedy and romance in it and not be a rom-com! It's a specific genre. Things like Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, Say Anything, 500 Days of Summer, or the Birdcage are not rom-coms!
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.)
I'd agree with this. Rom Com done well is not Hallmark.
Anonymous
03/27/2024 08:10
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:A movie can have both comedy and romance in it and not be a rom-com! It's a specific genre. Things like Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, Say Anything, 500 Days of Summer, or the Birdcage are not rom-coms!
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.“
Anonymous
03/27/2024 08:03
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
Anonymous wrote:A movie can have both comedy and romance in it and not be a rom-com! It's a specific genre. Things like Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing, Say Anything, 500 Days of Summer, or the Birdcage are not rom-coms!
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.)
Anonymous
03/26/2024 22:03
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
It Could Happen to You.
Anonymous
03/26/2024 21:45
Subject: Lesser known good rom-coms?
A Walk in the Clouds, just delightful.