Thursday Romantic Comedy Classic

This is the final entry of a weekly feature here at Movies with Abe, Thursday Romantic Comedy Classic. I’m taking a course called The Romantic Comedy where we’re charting the history and development of romantic comedies from the 1920s to the present. We’ll be watching some pretty iconic films, some of which I haven’t seen before. Each week, I’ll be providing a short review of one romantic comedy classic from the annals of history.

I Love You, Man
Directed by John Hamburg
Released March 20, 2009

The last big movie of the course is actually one from this year, and one that I reviewed in great detail just this August. Rereading my initial review, I feel I don’t need to write another one since my original feelings still stand. I find this to be extremely disappointing and far less fulfilling than the other comedies I mentioned in my review. It was slightly more enjoyable the second time around because there were more people in the audience laughing, but it’s still not quite satisfying. Paul Rudd is actually pretty funny, but Jason Segel’s talents are not used as well as they could be and Rashida Jones feels completely unnecessary. This film was selected for the “homme-com” or “bromance” chapter of this course, and it’s a good fit for that. As far as the film goes, travel back in time a few months with me and read my review from when the film was fresh in my mind.

Original Review of “I Love You, Man”