Stupid, Crazy, Love is a movie more silly and complex than any other romantic comedy, where the writing always catches you by surprise. The plot gets off to a slow start after Emily (Julianne Moore) tells her husband Cal (Steve Carrol) that she wants a divorce due to an affair with a coworker. When Cal goes to a nearby pick-up bar to nurse his fresh wound, he meets a mysterious ladies' man (Ryan Gosling) who wants to teach him how to "recover his manhood". So Cal tries to distract himself and move on with life by buying new clothes and new drinks and hooking up with new women. But love is in the air. Cal can't give up hope of his ex and secretly does her gardening at night; Emily finds herself missing him when her new relationship amounts to nothing. Their thirteen-year-old son (Jonah Bobo, who's too-long hair bugged me through the entire movie) is obsessed with his babysitter and "soulmate" (Analeigh Tipton) and tries to strip himself of the "little kid" label for her benefit, while she attempts the same thing for her older crush, his father. Even the Gosling character player can't help falling for his latest girl (an lively, convincing performance by Emma Stone). All the character's life crash together into one in a shocking, hysterical climax. The end is a bit over-the-top ridiculous, and the very end comes quite suddenly, leaving the movie unfinished and not at all correctly predicted.
This movie just looked ridiculous. I have no desire to see this.
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