Overnight Delivery (1998)
If I would have known that Jason Bloom was at the helm, the man responsible for one of the worst films I’ve ever had the misfortune to see, Bio-Dome, I would have stayed far, far...
Category: Romance
50 First Dates (2004)
The pigeonholing of Adam Sandler into dumb, scatological comedies has once again denied him another coulda-been good movie that had the potential of taking him to the next level as an actor. Sadly, it is...
Uptown Girls (2003)
In 1989, Boaz Yakin sees his first screenplay hit the big screen, in the misguided comic book adaptation, The Punisher. In a strange twist of fate, fourteen years later, Yakin is The Punisher! Uptown Girls is a film so horrendously inept...
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Parent Trap is a Disney family movie, and that doesn’t mean it’s just for kids — adults can enjoy this just as much. Although it’s a remake of the 1961 Disney classic, it...
The MatchMaker (1997)
The MatchMaker is a very by-the-numbers rom-com (despite the tagline of it being a romantic comedy for people who don’t like them) that is only modestly successful for genre fans because it embraces the tried-and-true...
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Of all of Hitchcock’s films, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is perhaps the least Hitchcock-like. It’s a pleasant romantic comedy, and a good one, just so long as you aren’t going to criticize it for a lack of...
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Dancing is a bit of a cult favorite film for some, particularly for those who like song and dance films, regardless of how corny they may be in the drama department, and this one...
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Although their first two films gave the Farrelly Brothers the reputation as the kings of raunchy comedy, There’s Something About Mary shows that they could actually harness their penchant for gross gags into a romantic comedy...
Chasing Liberty (2004)
Chasing Liberty posed quite a challenge for me to review, as every few minutes I had to force myself to pay attention and not completely zone out. Quite frankly, I don’t know why I bothered...
Love Actually (2003)
Richard Curtis, writer of the successful romantic comedies, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, takes the director’s chair for the first time with impressive results. After watching many other directors do justice to...