Crazy, Stupid, Love: B Plots Gone Wild

About this episode

The hosts discuss the 2011 romantic comedy 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and its memorable plot points and cast.

CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE This week we dart back to 2011 for Dan Fogelman's romantic comedy: Crazy, Stupid, Love! And boy does this movie live up to its title because there are some BANANAS plot points we had completely forgotten existed! But regardless, this movie is a joy with its stacked cast including Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei to name just a few. Chelsea and Elena dig into the multiple intersecting storylines and discuss whether Steve Carell is hotter than Kevin Bacon, Emma Stone's fear of the Dirty Dancing lift, Josh Groban's brilliant turn as Emma Stone's douchebag boyfriend, and our deep love for Steve Carell as a leading rom-com man. Along with some fun light discussion about venturing into our own mid life crises! This episode was edited by Nick Duke: https://www.instagram.com/n_dukie/  Follow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod/ Get bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elena Crevello, Chelsea Davison

Topics covered

• romantic comedy
• film review
• intersecting storylines
• actor discussion
• midlife crisis

Keywords

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• romantic comedy
• Steve Carell
• Emma Stone
• Ryan Gosling
• film review
• plot points

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: Crazy, Stupid, Love

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