before any new ones or anything with Tom Hanks or Meg Ryan ever again.
Not even When Harry Met Sally? I'm not a Meg fan, but that movie is solid. I'll also watch about 50% of what Sandra Bullock does in the genre.
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
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§ ita § - Jul 14, 2010 6:54:48 am PDT #9776 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2010 6:56:57 am PDT #9777 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I don't know if I'd classify About a Boy as a rom-com though. Nick Hornby adaptations can be tricky. I mean, the US version of Fever Pitch is definitely a rom-com. High Fidelity? Not so sure. What about Grosse Point Blank?
Kathy A - Jul 14, 2010 6:56:58 am PDT #9778 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm thinking about what I have in my dvd collection, and I think the only rom-com I have is Heart and Souls, with RDJ and Elisabeth Shue as the leads. Oh, and the tv movie of Who Am I This Time? with Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon as the leads.
Amy - Jul 14, 2010 7:02:18 am PDT #9779 of 30000
Because books.
Yeah, About a Boy isn't really a rom-com, but it has a happy ending! So I count it.
I'd probably watch French Kiss before When Harry Met Sally again, honestly. And I forgot about Sandra Bullock! Yeah, I'll watch her in just about anything, although I'd still pick Practical Magic or Speed over a lot of it.
Dana - Jul 14, 2010 7:03:25 am PDT #9780 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, I love French Kiss, even though it's not great. And The Truth About Cats and Dogs.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2010 7:06:20 am PDT #9781 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Oh my god, I LOVE this movie.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2010 7:08:20 am PDT #9782 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ben Chaplin totally hasn't gotten enough work.
Jars - Jul 14, 2010 7:12:57 am PDT #9783 of 30000
Does Secretary count as a romcom? It's funny, and it's romatic, but I'm not sure I'd put it in there. If it is, I think it may be the only romcom I own.
Also, I frequently dislike movies, or think they're generally crap, but the only movie I ever worked up a properly visceral hatred for was Cold Mountain. God that was an awful streak of shite. Grr.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2010 7:15:11 am PDT #9784 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Does Secretary count as a romcom?
I'ma say yes. (And I would say yes even if I weren't a freak who gets my freak on). Not all romance is hearts, flowers, and the Empire State Building.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2010 7:27:21 am PDT #9785 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Ooooh, Truth About Cats and Dogs. I haven't thought about that movie in years.
Ben Chaplin was very charming in that but disappeared off the radar pretty quick, didn't he? He played the Montgomery Cliff role in the remake (well I should say the latest adaptation) of Washington Square, then he was in that godawful dreck with Nicole Kidman about a Russian male order bride and... I can't remember anything else.
I was trying to compile in my head my personal top 5 rom-coms in the last 30 years, but am finding myself stumbling because I don't know if some of the movies I'm thinking of qualify as rom-coms. For example, Groundhog Day -- that's mostly about Phil's journey and the Andie McDowell character is a prize for good behavior rather than a fully fleshed-out character of her own, isn't she? I'd say, yes, to Roxanne (on the very top of my list), Four Weddings and a Funeral perhaps, Say Anything, definitely, and what else? Oh, the last great rom-com I saw was probably Duplicity. I have no idea why that failed in Box Office -- I thought that was just terrific (it might be my Clive-shaped blindspot talking though.)