With a dash of 'rom' in this 'com' it is heart warming in places as well as funny,
with the odd crude moment thrown in
Starring: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Rhys Ifans
Dir: Nicholas Stoller
Writers: Nicholas Stoller & Jason Segel
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| I love you... but why are you wearing that ridiculous thing on your head?! |
What's it all about?
After just one year of knowing each other, Tom (Jason Segel) proposes to the love of his life Violet (Emily Blunt). Brain-box Violet is waiting to be accepted into Berkley University's psychology teaching staff, which suits culinary-whizz Tom fine, as he is currently working as Su Chef in a top San Francisco restaurant. But when Violet gets an offer from Michigan University instead, they are uprooted to the snowy woodlands of the North East and forced to postpone their wedding for two years. But as the title would suggest, there are over humps in the road on the way to the church. Violet settles in well with the zany teaching and research staff, led by fellow Brit, Prof. Winton Childs (Rhys Ifans) whilst Tom finds himself taking a step back in his culinary career and working in a sandwich shop.
Worth a watch?
With the expected nagging from parents and comedic sexual encounters you would expect from a film about a lengthy engagement, I still found myself laughing out loud fairly frequently (although I am a sucker for slapstick, so physical activities in an icy area are bound to amuse me). Amusing antics from Tom's best man (Chris Pratt) and Violet's sister (Alison Brie) added some additional comic relief - I particularly enjoyed a scene between Violet and and her sister speaking in Muppet voices to each other - what more would you expect from the two writers who brought you The Muppets earlier this year?!
With the expected nagging from parents and comedic sexual encounters you would expect from a film about a lengthy engagement, I still found myself laughing out loud fairly frequently (although I am a sucker for slapstick, so physical activities in an icy area are bound to amuse me). Amusing antics from Tom's best man (Chris Pratt) and Violet's sister (Alison Brie) added some additional comic relief - I particularly enjoyed a scene between Violet and and her sister speaking in Muppet voices to each other - what more would you expect from the two writers who brought you The Muppets earlier this year?!
Give it a miss?
Whilst the film was entertaining, it was pretty lengthy for a comedy at just over two hours. I feel it would have been punchier had it been shorter.
So overall....
With a dash of 'rom' in this 'com' it is heart warming in places as well as funny, with the odd crude moment thrown in. It's the typical Appatow/Segel/Stoller comedy, not quite as shiny a gem as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but still good for a few laughs.
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