ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

MacTheMovieguy This is one of those tiny films that only really gets made because of certain actors who are passionate about the film. Rashida Jones, specifically, managed to get her friends on board for this film about two people who are supposed to be getting divorced, but still act like a happily married couple. Celeste (Rashida Jones) is a "trend forecaster", meaning that she predicts what the next hot thing is. I don't know how one gets that job, but I would love to just tell everyone what is cool, and what isn't. Jesse (Andy Samberg) is an aspiring artist who loves weed. So, basically, he's the modern American man, or really just Andy Samberg. At the beginning of the film, when you're introduced to these characters, they seem like best friends or a loving couple. It isn't until their best friends (Ari Graynor/Eric Christian Olsen) freak out on them that you realize this is an atypical relationship.They don't see the problem, neither does the audience. It isn't until later in the film when Jesse and Celeste hook-up after getting drunk, that they realize there might be something wrong. The rest of the film is this give and take between should we be together, should we split up, which gradually is complicated by other characters and situations. It's never really a compelling effort, and keeps you only half interested in the outcome of the film. It's not really clear why they broke up in the first place, as they seem perfect for each other in the beginning. As Jesse begins to evolve as a character, it takes Celeste way too long to realize she might be wrong. By the end of the film, you actually hope Celeste and Jesse are not together forever.It's a decent script from Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, but it fails to be a truly compelling film. The cast does the best they can with the script they were presented, and most of them were cast into roles that require very little acting for them. I think this concept might have done better in a sitcom format, especially considering where Rashida and Andy come from. Instead, you get a movie that's just OK, and doesn't inspire or move anything. There's one thing that's for sure, Celeste and Jesse may be forever, but this movie won't be remembered that long.

zee This film did nothing for me, and the 90 minutes I spent with it felt like twice that time.Part of the problem for me, possibly, was I just watched Liberal Arts and Your Sister's Sister, which were much better written, had more wit, and had less dull traditional views and a few minor insights to impart.Part of the problem is I just don't get the appeal of Jesse. He's not good-looking. He's a loser. He has no paycheck. He's acting like he's 18 but he's in his 30's. He's not particularly bright. Unless this guy has amazing hidden sexual talents (though these were never hinted at, and there were opportunities to do so), I just don't get the appeal. That more than one woman (all lovely to look at) seems interested in him shocks me. Zero women should be interested in him. I'm used to such inexplicably attractive loser male characters being written by male writers, but it's a shock to see women writing this too.Initially Celeste seems the better bet, but she ends up being irritating too, and what the heck is her job supposed to be? Is that a real job? Maybe the writers need to hang out somewhere other than Hollywood to get a sense of how real people earn their money.It's a movie about two people I'd never date, never be friends with, would cross the street to avoid (the masturbation of tiny phallic object isn't even sophomoric. It's junior high humor and they do it REPEATEDLY. Save me.) The only character who has any appeal is the pop star character. I liked how she was written to have hidden depths. The only scene I found at all funny was the bad first date with the photographer. And the soundtrack irritated me.And in the end, this movie said nothing new about relationships. Yeah, we get stuck with wrong people and it's hard to leave a marriage, but this shouldn't be news to anyone over the age of 18.Unlikeable characters doing very little, slowly, to irksome music. Not a good way to spend your precious, finite time.

northpaw7777 This movie is stupid. It's about a couple who have been together since they were young. They got married and are now in the midst of a separation. Celeste has grown and has become successful, while Jesse stays immature and more or less rides her coat tail. He never grows up and thinks it's more important to go surfing than look for a job. They obviously grow apart. The sad thing about it is they both start acting stupid. Instead of distancing themselves from each other to allow the divorce to sink in, they insist on hanging out together as if they were best buds. Celeste is acting like the enabler by throwing him freelance work and letting him live in the studio behind her house. Skip ahead into the movie..... Jesse has a short fling with a woman who ends up pregnant. All of a sudden he grows up and wants to make things work with the new woman who he's know for all of five minutes, while at the same time throwing mixed signals to Celeste as if he wants her back. Celeste breaks down and realizes she made a mistake and wants him back. This whole movie was painful to watch. Especially the part where Celeste starts acting desperate. The part that irritates me is the fact that it try's to make Celeste look like the person who has all of the issues and Jesse look like the innocent who has been wronged and deserves this second chance at life. Typical misogynist movie.

Dunham16 Town would he moral of most romantic comedies is people meant to stay together should stick it out and people not meant to stay together should find an amicable way to soon live their own lives as independent people. This story, often more moving than funny though billed as a comedy, tells of a divorcing couple not able to seriously consider either societally normal option. Except for the two leads, the large ensemble cast is a delightful and fascinating mix of well played Los Angeles ditzy Yuppies, all of whom have made what would seem bizarre life choices in small town America, yet all of whom seem happy doing what they do and setting up their romance they way the seriously want to set them up. These two, though seemingly sociable, good looking young people all their friends want to have in their lives, are written for fiction as barely, whether in the backstory before the opening credits or the ever after while the final credits are rolling, never get it together at any level higher than cranky, fussing kindergartners not able to stay in the playgroup until time out or snack or nap would normally be called. Whateverr the writers want them to do in the next scene seems logical only to themselves, irritatingly destructive to the other person in the couple, and likely to cause their mates to cut them out of the next socials until they get a grip, to put it mildly. Any sequence of events would work, but here is the one the writers and editors seem to have chosen. They have already filed for divorce despite him not able to earn a living or find public aid or private support and her not able to communicate with anyone on a human level meaning sheshouldn't to to work alone, shouldn't be on the street or in the community alone and shouldn't be home alone. They next try to go through their daily routine as if still a couple despite going home at night and getting up in the morning as if living separate lives in separate homes. As he can get and sponge off any girl looking for romance and she can get any date until they face each other for their first conversation, they keep bumping into each other in public jealous rages for no reason they can explain. As he wants a baby without marrying the girl or being able to support her, and she wants normalcy despite pushing every interested man away, they seem to feel the urge to justify themselves to the other without believing they ever can. The final scenes have them breathing easy over their divorce complete without the final moments suggesting anything will change in the foreseeable future.