#They came together movie#
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THEY CAME TOGETHER isn’t quite on par with WET HOT, but then again what is? With the jokes coming at you literally non-stop, the occasional joke that falls flat won’t really matter, as there are so many that hit their target dead on (especially a cheesy “promo for the soundtrack” clip inserted into a romantic interlude) that you’ll be laughing consistently throughout. It’s also not a stretch to think that the audience that’s pulled in thinking this is just another rom-com may not always get that it’s a satire and meant to be tacky, although one hopes that by the time one famous indie actor -who’s known for playing thugs- turns up poking fun at himself everyone will be in on the joke. Spoofing films that are already comedies in the first place means that a lot of the jokes are deliberately bad, which may be lost on some viewers. Of course, not everyone will “get” THEY CAME TOGETHER. If you’re a fan of WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, you’ll be pleased to know that some of the absurdest humor that made that film such a cult item works its way into here, with Christopher Meloni (as Rudd’s money-grubbing CEO boss who wants to take over Poehler’s indie candy store) having a long, hilarious sequence involving a superhero costume and a trip to the bathroom that would have been right at home in the earlier film. All the genre hallmarks are thoroughly exploited here- to hilarious effect- with a ludicrous “meet-cute” as well as duplicitous significant others ( Cobie Smulders for Rudd and Ed Helms for Poehler), the irresponsible sibling, the sassy ethnic best friends, and more. The film is framed- as are so many of these films- with the main couple telling friends (here played by Bill Hader and Ellie Kemper) how the two met and fell in love. As such, this will likely pull in the rom-com crowd that might be expecting another ADMISSION, giving them a big old surprise. His casting- along with Amy Poehler– gives the film a bit of a transgressive bent as it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine them paired up by a studio in a legitimate entry into the genre. Maybe this is due to the fact that leading man Paul Rudd– a favorite of Wain’s- has made a number of straight-up rom-coms himself. Strongly patterned on the 1998 Tom Hanks– Meg Ryan rom-com YOU GOT MAIL (itself a remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s seminal rom-com THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER) THEY CAME TOGETHER feels like it was made by people that have some real affection for the genre rather than contempt.

#They came together movie#

REVIEW: After years spent directing mainstream Hollywood films ( ROLE MODELS and WANDERLUST) David Wain returns to his indie comedy roots with THEY CAME TOGETHER, a film that re-teams him with many people from his cult comedy hit WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, including most of the cast and co-writer Michael Showalter.Ī loving spoof of romantic comedies, THEY CAME TOGETHER feels like the kind of movie we would have gotten had Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker (in their prime) or Mel Brooks taken aim at the genre. PLOT: Joel ( Paul Rudd) and Molly ( Amy Poehler) fall in love amid a picturesque New York-setting, despite numerous- oddly familiar-obstacles in their path. and Showalter show that the art of lampooning is far from dead, and merely needed some legitimate talent to make it shine again.This review originally appeared as part of ’s Sundance 2014 coverage. ' have created the perfect parody.the film will keep you laughing every 15 seconds.every bit as brilliant as classic spoofs like Airplane!, Young Frankenstein and The Naked Gun, but still stands on its own with Wain's unique comedic 's glorious, and just might be Wain's best film yet. 'With a successful gag rate that sits next to Airplane! in the laughs-per-minute region, They Came Together is a masterpiece of comedy, David Wain’s strongest film to date. I don't think I've laughed harder or more consistently in a comedy in years.' 'Easily best movie since Wet Hot American Summer. 'David Wain‘s latest comedy brilliantly and hilariously deconstructs every aspect of the genre to provide one of the funniest films one is bound to see this year.

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'Thanks to a smart screenplay, direction that perfectly captures the tone of modern rom-coms and two of the most engaging comedic leads working in movies and TV today, They Came Together is more entertaining and (in its own insane way) more endearing than two-thirds of the legitimate romantic comedies I’ve seen over the last two decades.' 'Irreverent, amusingly fast-paced and broadly hilarious.' 'They Came Together Will Make You Love Rom-Coms Again'