Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, (who also worked on the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor comedy I Love You Phillip Morris), with a script by Dan Fogelberg, this romantic comedy explores the idea of soul-mates through a series of romances between three different generations.
The film wastes no time kicking off. During a dinner, Emily (Julianne Moore) tells husband Cal (Steve Carrell) that she wants a divorce. Cal is devastated, moves out and goes to bars for solace. Big time player Jacob (Ryan Gosling) takes Cal under his wing, helps him dress up and soon Cal is scoring with the ladies.
Of course, since this is an American movie where the family unit is sacred, Cal pines for Emily, but their wrong decisions keep them apart.
Toss in another couple of crushes and romances, between Cal’s son (Jonah Bobo) and their babysitter (Analeigh Tipton), who has a crush on Cal, while Casanova Jacob also has an eye out for Hannah (Emma Stone), and it’s a stewing pot of trouble.
Synopsis:
Cal Weaver gets the surprise of his life when he learns that his wife Emily cheated on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins frequenting a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer. Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah recently rejected his advances. Taking pity on Cal, Jacob agrees to teach him how to pick up women. Jacob takes Cal shopping, outfitting him with an entirely new wardrobe and begins teaching him the art of seduction. As they spend their evenings at the bar together, a friendship begins to blossom.
On Cal's first attempt to seduce a woman he meets a teacher named Kate. She initially rejects his awkward advances, but eventually they sleep together at his apartment. In the following weeks, Cal manages to successfully seduce multiple women, although he remains troubled by his crumbling marriage. He only sees Emily again at a parent teacher conference at his 13 year-old son Robbie's school. They almost reconcile but the teacher they are meeting with turns out to be Kate, and Emily learns of Cal's recent womanizing. She leaves in disgust and begins dating David.
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