At The Movies: Catching Up With Summer Movie Releases

It’s the last weekend of summer and it’s a bleak choice of new movies to watch over a long weekend.

But, it’s a good time to catch a movie you may have missed over the summer. Huntley Patch recommends Crazy, Stupid, Love.

It’s a romantic comedy with a twist that you don’t expect and a sweet ending that makes you smile even after the movie is over.

Here’s the plot from moviefone.com:

At fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream--good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his "perfect" life quickly unravels. Worse, in today's single world, Cal, who hasn't dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth.

Now spending his free evenings sulking alone at a local bar, the hapless Cal is taken on as wingman and protégé to handsome, thirtysomething player Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). In an effort to help Cal get over his wife and start living his life, Jacob opens Cal's eyes to the many options before him: flirty women, manly drinks and a sense of style that can't be found at Supercuts or The Gap.

Cal and Emily aren't the only ones looking for love in what might be all the wrong places: Cal's 13-year-old son, Robbie (Jonah Bobo), is crazy about his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica (Analeigh Tipton), who harbors a crush on Cal. And despite Cal's makeover and his many new conquests, the one thing that can't be made over is his heart, which seems to keep leading him back to where he began.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language.

Genre(s): Comedy

Run Time: 118min.

Distributor(s): Warner Bros.

Director(s): John Requa , Glenn Ficarra

Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei and Emma Stone

Themes: foibles of marriage, playing the field, starting over

Tone: irreverent, quirky, endearing

Keywords: babysitter, bachelor, dating, divorce, family, flirtation, protégé, son

Crazy, Stupid, Love is playing locally at Showplace Theater, 5000 West Route 14, Crystal Lake. For movie times and a trailer, check it out on moviefone.com.