There's strong, fleetingly powerful stuff in Crazy, Stupid, Love., but like its awkwardly punctuated title, the movie jerks to a halt just when it's beginning to flow.
Tribune News Service
January 14, 2013
Steve Carell, with Ryan Gosling as his wing man? Go figure.
A slickly polished, perhaps too carefully-structured romantic comedy that benefits immeasurably from Gosling's brand of anarchy.
indieWire
August 04, 2011
When a movie opens with a woman telling her husband that she wants a divorce after twenty-five years of marriage and it isn't played for laughs, you know you're not in for a "typical" Hollywood comedy...
We Got This Covered
February 28, 2013
Crazy, Stupid, Love has several humorous spots and is filled with good performances from the entire cast.
It gets better and funnier after a labored and lumbering start, which is entirely the opposite of most Hollywood comedies.
ReelViews
July 29, 2011
This is not the ultimate romantic comedy - the one that makes you fall as hard for the characters as they do for one another while savoring their every interaction - but it seems fresher and less recycled than much of the product out there.
