Crazy, Stupid, Love. Information

Crazy, Stupid, Love. is a 2011 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and written by Dan Fogelman. It stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone along with Analeigh Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon. The film was released in United States and Canada by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 29, 2011.

Upon release, the film received positive reviews, earning a 78% approval rating and a "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The film was also a box office success, grossing $19,104,303 in its opening weekend and earning a total of more than $140 million, far exceeding its $50 million budget. The film earned Ryan Gosling a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 1, 2011.

Plot

Cal Weaver (Carell) is a middle-aged man who learns that his wife Emily (Moore) cheated on him with a co-worker, David Lindhagen (Bacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal goes to a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer (Gosling). Jacob is a womanizer who beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah (Stone) recently had rejected his advances. Jacob takes pity on Cal, and offers to teach him how to pick up women. Using Jacob's teachings, Cal seduces Kate (Tomei) at the bar. After this encounter, Cal manages to successfully seduce other women in the bar. He sees Emily again at his son Robbie's (Jonah Bobo) parent-teacher conference. The meeting goes well until they discover Robbie's teacher is Kate, who reveals to Emily that she and Cal slept together. Emily leaves in disgust and begins actively dating David.

Meanwhile, Hannah, a recent law school graduate, is expecting her boyfriend, Richard (Josh Groban) to propose marriage while they celebrate her passing the bar exam, but he does not, which hurts Hannah's feelings. Hannah returns to the bar where she originally rejected Jacob's advances and kisses Jacob passionately. The two return to Jacob's home to have sex, but end up talking to each other all night and making a connection. Jacob starts a relationship with Hannah, and he becomes distant from Cal.

At the same time, Robbie makes numerous grand gestures to try to win the heart of his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica Riley (Tipton), who actually has a crush on Cal. On the advice of her classmate Madison (Julianna Guill), she takes naked photos of herself to send to Cal and tucks them away in an envelope inside her dresser drawer.

Later, when Emily calls Cal under the guise of needing help with the house's pilot light, Cal decides to try and win her back. Meanwhile, Jacob returns Cal's calls and asks for advice about starting a real relationship.

Jessica's mother, Claire (Beth Littleford) discovers Jessica's naked photos addressed to Cal in her drawer and shows them to Jessica's father, Bernie (John Carroll Lynch). He rushes to the Weaver residence to confront him about the photos.

Cal and his kids create a makeshift mini golf set in their backyard to remind Emily of their first date. During the gathering, Jacob and Hannah show up at the house, and Hannah is revealed to be Cal and Emily's daughter. Cal is appalled that Jacob is dating his daughter, and forbids her to see him. At that moment, Bernie shows up and attacks Cal. Jessica arrives and tells her father that Cal knew nothing of the pictures. Then David arrives on the scene to return Emily's sweater from a previous date. Cal, Jacob, David, and Bernie then get into a scuffle which is soon broken up by the police.

Cal starts spending his time at the bar again and receives a visit from Jacob, who confesses that he is in love with Hannah. Cal refuses to approve of their relationship. Jacob harbors no ill feelings, but rather respects him and praises him for being a great father.

At Robbie's eighth grade graduation, Robbie is the Salutatorian and gives a pessimistic speech about how he no longer believes in true love and soul-mates. Cal stops him and instead begins to recount his courtship with Emily to the audience, saying that, while he doesn't know if things will work out, he will never give up on Emily. With renewed faith, Robbie reaffirms his love for Jessica, to the audience's applause. After the ceremony, Cal gives Jacob and Hannah his blessing. Jessica gives Robbie an envelope containing the photos of herself to "get him through high school". Cal and Emily have a laugh talking about the events that have transpired the past year.

Cast

• Steve Carell as Cal Weaver
• Ryan Gosling as Jacob Palmer
• Julianne Moore as Emily Weaver
• Emma Stone as Hannah Weaver
• Analeigh Tipton as Jessica Riley
• Jonah Bobo as Robbie Weaver
• Joey King as Molly Weaver
• Karolina Wydra as Jordyn
• Marisa Tomei as Kate Tafferty
• Julianna Guill as Madison
• John Carroll Lynch as Bernie Riley
• Beth Littleford as Claire Riley
• Kevin Bacon as David Lindhagen
• Liza Lapira as Liz
• Josh Groban as Richard
• Richard Steven Horvitz as Hardware Store Assistant

Release

Critical response

Crazy, Stupid, Love received generally positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of 193 critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.9 out of 10. On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 68/100, indicating "generally favorable". CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave Crazy, Stupid, Love 3 out of 4 stars and remarked that it "is a sweet romantic comedy about good-hearted people". A. O. Scott of The New York Times was also positive and gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating "Crazy, Stupid, Love is, on balance, remarkably sane and reasonably smart". Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a 4 out of 5 review as well and said that it "conjures up the bittersweet magic of first loves, lasting loves, lost loves and all the loves in between". Daniel Sarath of New in Cinema gave the film 3 stars but praised it for being "a romantic comedy that is actually romantic and comedic".

Some reviewers were less favourable, however, such as Christy Lemire at the Associated Press, who wrote that "it never gets crazy or stupid enough to make you truly fall in love with it", giving the film a 2 out of 4 rating. James Rocchi of MSN Movies was particularly critical, giving it 1 out of 5 and remarking that it is "a star-studded lump of fantasy and falsehood".

The film was included in TV Guide "Best Movies of 2011" list.

Box office performance

Crazy, Stupid, Love opened at #5 at the North American box office on its opening weekend with $19.1 million. It has earned $84.2 million in the United States and Canada as well as $58.5 million internationally for a worldwide total of $142.7 million.

Accolades

List of awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
BMI Film & TV Awards	Film Music Award	Nick Urata
Casting Society of America	Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Big Budget Comedy Feature	Mindy Marin, Kara Lipson
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards	Actor of the Year	Ryan Gosling
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Comedy
Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Ryan Gosling
	Best Ensemble
Empire Awards	Best Comedy
Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Ryan Gosling
Golden Trailer Awards	Best Romance TV Spot	"In It"
	Best Wildposts	"Banners"
2012 MTV Movie Awards	Best Female Performance	Emma Stone
	Best Kiss	Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling
People's Choice Awards	Favorite Comedy Movie
	Favorite Actress	Emma Stone
	Favorite Comedic Actress	Emma Stone
	Favorite Comedic Actor	Steve Carell
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Comedy
	Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	Ryan Gosling
	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Emma Stone
	Choice Movie Chemistry	Ryan Gosling and Steve Carrell
	Choice Movie Liplock	Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
	Choice Movie Hissy Fit	Steve Carrell
33rd Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor	Jonah Bobo