CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE

really enjoyable movie. It had a simple plot; long time married couple starts divorce proceedings and Cal the husband played by Steve Carrel gets advice on how to get back into the dating game by Jacob; played sauvely and with debonair charm and a tad of snark by Ryan Gosling (this is really the role he excels in; he doesn't have to say a lot; he gets to do that sexy half-smile, and he shows off his (to use one of the movie lines) "photoshop'd body".)

And Cal has a precocious but not annoyingly so son who gives him advice about finding and keeping and fighting for one's soul-mate. The son has a crush on the babysitter and she has a crush on Cal which leads to some amusing scenes.

Eventually - this was a predictable turn - Jacob meets a gal who he falls in love with and she takes him to meet her parents who turn out to be Cal and Julianne Moore. Oh, Julianne confesses at the beginning of the movie as she's asking Cal for a divorce that she's slept with David, a co-worker who is played by kevin Bacon. He is totally wasted in his wimpy role. Wow- he looked so emaciated in the film; like he needed a fattening meal of mac n'cheese.

There were no belly laughs in the movie but the dialogue was good and it was a fast paced film and all the acting was good and i did giggle a lot plus get teary eyed during Cal's speech about how he met his wife.