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Watched in 2010 (105 movies items)

"24/02"

Movies Watched in 2010 (135 movies items)

"20/02/10 Two words: Ryan Reynolds."

Movies Watched in 2010 (17 movies items)

"01012010 You can do this, but that would require you to stop snacking on children while they dream. This fantastic comedy had me laughing from the word go! Ryan Reynolds is brilliant as the office assistant who agrees to marry his boss to stop her being deported. The pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock is genius! I hope to see more of them together in the future."

Standard-issue Hollywood rom-com

“Margaret: "Would you please, with cherries on top, marry me?"

Andrew: "Okay. I don't appreciate the sarcasm, but I'll do it. See you at the airport tomorrow."

Tackling any film genre can be tough, but romantic comedies pose a unique challenge. Vital to a rom-com's success is sizzling chemistry between the leads, because an audience has to believe and care about the central coupling. In addition, the conclusion for virtually every rom-com is obvious, so it's always the journey the matters - it has to be fun, fresh and funny. Over recent years, Hollywood has established a bad reputation when it comes to the genre, and this is reinforced with The Proposal. A standard-issue, paint-by-numbers product of the weary mills of Hollywood, this romantic comedy fails the key acid te” read more

Movies seen released on 2009 (30 movies items)

" typical romcom but the awkward chemistry between actors was too obvious to ignore"

Elokuvat 2009 (248 movies items)

"tosi tosi toosi perus romanttinen komedia. Kattoo jos vaikka on saanu aivotärähdyksen. 16.11"

Worst Movies of 2009... (29 movies items)

"Not impressed... Not impressed at all. Oh sure I grant that the performances were at least spirited, but there's nothing else of interest or worth. It follows the rom com formula to the letter, it's predictable, too many cloying scenes, not enough laughs, etc etc. In fact the only good laughs are in the credits... Full review here"

WATCHED IN 2010 (365 movies items)

"1-01 "

The Cinephile's Film Journal: 2009 (222 movies items)

"Watched on 9/25-26/09"