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They Came Together (2014)

Was bewildered at first, laughed hard in the end

[7/10 · 30 June 2014]

I should start saying that my husband "sold" the movie to me as a romantic comedy (which I love), so the first 15 minutes I didn't know what to make of the jokes, the style and the characters... I was sitting there with a "This is supposed to be funny or what?" face. Finally (!!!) I realized it was aсtually a parody and after that it got funny. It is full of cliché phrases, long (supposedly meaningful) pauses and glances, arguments and conversations with profound (again, supposedly) meaning, crazy arguments, passionate love scenes (by passionate I mean furniture breaking during foreplay and acrobatic poses during sex). All through that you can't stop wondering why you love those romantic novels and movies as much as you do :) Some episodes were a bit bizarre, but in general the movie is a good one. After some really crappy comedies I have watched recently, this one came out much better than expected. It is not a masterpiece, but I had a nice Sunday movie night.