Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
This is crazy. This is stupid. This is love.
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 29 July 2011 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Director | Glenn Ficarra |
| Starring | Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Julianne Moore |
| Runtime | 118 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6.9/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 79% · Metacritic 68/100 · Q123434360 6.6/10 · TMDB users 7.3/10 |
| Budget | $50 million |
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What kind of watch this is
Glenn Ficarra’s 2011 comedy-drama runs 118 minutes, which is plenty of time for Steve Carell to lose a marriage and Ryan Gosling to teach him how to be a hit with the ladies. The film takes a man who has everything he wanted and strips it away, leaving him with a playbook that works until it doesn’t. It leans into the awkwardness of adult dating without making it feel like a tutorial. Carell and Gosling bounce off each other with a chemistry that feels unscripted, even when the plot is. It is a smart look at how success can make you lonely, wrapped in a story that knows its own absurdity.
What the critics said
The consensus leans positive, though not unanimously. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 79% as of October 2024, while Metacritic lands on 68 out of 100 as of August 2025. Owen Gleiberman called it an enchanting comedy that understands pain, a sentiment A. O. Scott echoed by noting its remarkable sanity. It is a movie about good-hearted people, according to Roger Ebert. Not everyone was charmed. Christy Lemire found it lacked the necessary chaos to be truly compelling.
How it did with audiences
It spent $50 million to make and took $143 million back, a ratio that keeps the accountants smiling and the shareholders quiet. In North America, it opened at No. 5 with $19.1 million. On TMDB, users rate it 7.3 out of 10. The math works out: the audience found the chaos amusing enough to pay for it twice.
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