From the producer of Bridesmaids and the ever-talented Judd Apatow, teaming with his go-to guy Jason Segel, comes a smart rom-com about a couple – Emily Blunt and Jason Segel – destined to be together as the characters “Tom” and “Violet.” They love the simple things about each other that brought them together a year ago on New Years eve. He’s a San Francisco chef who’s a wreck the night he proposes, but we, just like Violet, love Tom’s charm and we love her consideration. She’s a psychologist, and adorable, and longs for a job, which she’ll get at the University of Michigan.
But it will be a two year move for them…
Of course good-ole Tom is supportive of her happiness and willing to be the stay-at-home dad, so he packs up his steak knives and gives up his chef career. Of course nothing turns out perfect in these scenarios (and we wouldn’t have a movie if it did)
and if the length of the engagement feels a bit like the longish length of this otherwise really smart little film.
Co-written by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, the arc is similar to their previous film Forgetting Sarah Marshall in a way that loosey-goosey works. The problem is that the problems could be easily solved. Couldn’t they do a quickie wedding in Michigan anyway? Couldn’t Tom find a cool chef job or open his dream place in this small town that’s never had a celebrity chef?
Their life is compared to the choice between a psychological study between a stale donut or waiting for a fresh one. Or in other
words, you don’t eat hamburger when you have steak at home. This isn’t a film about falling in love it’s
about staying in love. Three tiaras