Movie Review- It's Complicated

Who: Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, and Steve Martin
What: Romantic Comedy “It’s Complicated”
Where playing: Corvallis Oregon - Ninth Street Cinemas and in most cinemas around the country
When: Playing now
Why to see it: It’s a unique story line and the movie is hilarious

Finally, an original plot for a romantic comedy has come through the movie theater scene. Every time I go to the movies to watch a romantic comedy I feel like I can predict what is going to happen before the movie even starts. "It’s Complicated" is a refreshing move for that genre.

Starring Meryl Streep as Jane, a woman who has remade her life after divorcing her husband Jake, played by Alec Baldwin. As all of her kids are now graduating from college and moving out, Jane is beginning to feel her age and the loneliness of a house that holds all her memories.

At their son’s graduation, Jake starts having feelings towards Streep because of home issues he is having with his new young “trophy” wife. After a night of drinking the pair end up in bed together and start a roller coaster affair that is completely out of character for Jane because this is what broke the two of them up in the first place.

“The movie has been more then popular than any of us thought it would be. I think because people told their friends how funny it was and that it wasn’t just a romance movie,” Regal Cinemas’ worker, Aaron Goodwin said.

To make the title hold true, Steve Martin plays Jane’s architect and new love interest, Adam. This begins slowly as Jane is having a hard time trying to cope with the new situation she finds herself in. At first she is contemplating getting back together with Jake because of the feelings between them and for how quickly it ended, but after he proves to her that he truly hasn't changed she allows herself to fall for Adam and the comedy really starts.

While the movie does follow an almost predictable pattern from beginning to end as all romantic comedies do, this film threw in some scenes that were very out of the blue. John Krasinski plays Harley, Jane's son-in-law, a hilarious supporting role that breaks the tension in several scenes.

“I brought my girlfriend to the movie and I thought it was going to be a chick flick, but we were actually busting up laughing the whole time,” Movie seer, Trey Milne said.

All the actors in the movie gave excellent performances. “This was a different comedic performance than I am used to seeing out of Martin, but it was a refreshing one,” Mackenzie Larecy said of his performance. Streep was the perfect person to play this role. She pulled off being elegant, while still keeping the characters persona. Over all, the movie was an unexpected pleasure that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good honest laugh.


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