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Christy Lemire, Associated Press: It never gets crazy or stupid enough to make you truly fall in love with it. Read more
James Rocchi, MSN Movies: The workmanship and effort are evident in every straining moment, but the end result is so completely phony as to be without value. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is, on balance, remarkably sane and reasonably smart. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: The movie has an unexpectedly high proportion of delights to groaners, and it's full of actors you'll want to see... Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Fills its scenes with bright surprises while making an appealing new case for the old-fashioned notion of soul mates. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Hampered by contrivances and the awkward melding of romantic comedy and family drama, the film falters. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's a tonic for those beaten down by years of bad rom-coms. Love conquers all -- and so, I suspect, will this movie. Just try to resist it. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: For most of the way, Crazy, Stupid, Love coasts more than agreeably on the talents of four hugely charismatic actors and a tart, knowing script that tweaks the rom-com formula just enough to seem fresh. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Carell is his dependable wounded-puppy self, always likable, but Gosling and Stone are fantastic. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Requa and Ficarra encourage grand statements and enormous reactions. They want pyrotechnic feeling, and their shamelessness works. It has no pretensions of depth, just more feeling. Read more
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: The episodic plot encompasses a series of familiar gags about casual sex and finding your soul mate, few of them delivered with much enthusiasm. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: "Crazy, Stupid, Love" connects its characters in unexpected ways. But line to line, the script lacks wit and sophistication. Read more
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times: There's strong, fleetingly powerful stuff in Crazy, Stupid, Love., but like its awkwardly punctuated title, the movie jerks to a halt just when it's beginning to flow. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Sorry, dudes. It seems we can't do anything right, but we're still funny. Sometimes. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: This is the sort of film that Oscar generally ignores come awards season. It shouldn't. Crazy Stupid Love is a crazy smart film. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Crazy, Stupid, Love is the perfect combination of sexy, cute, wise, hilarious, and true. Read more
Eric D. Snider, Film.com: A multi-threaded and well-organized comedy full of pleasant surprises and appealing characters. Read more
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: The movie suffers perhaps from too many characters and subplots but all the actors appear to have fun with their characters. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: This grand romantic gesture about grand romantic gestures conjures up the bittersweet magic of first loves, lasting loves, lost loves and all the loves in between. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: A genial, messy comedy of marital discord and mismatched lovers. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: During a summer when most of the other romantic comedies haven't been either, "Crazy, Stupid, Love" provides a fairly smart and sensible date-night choice. Read more
Bob Mondello, NPR: In a genre where outright imbecility generally prevails, a film investigating craziness and stupidity qualifies as a cut above. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: I laughed all the way through, thanks to both consistently clever dialogue and deft delivery from Carell and Gosling, who clearly relished a chance to flex his comic muscles. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Pity the crowds expecting another cute comedy like "Date Night" who wind up at "Crazy, Stupid, Love." It'll be like asking for a burger and getting served escargot. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: None of this is much fun to watch. The pace drags. The acting is without contrast or color. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: A Midsummer Night's PG-13 sex comedy. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This is not the ultimate romantic comedy - the one that makes you fall as hard for the characters as they do for one another while savoring their every interaction - but it seems fresher and less recycled than much of the product out there. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is a sweet romantic comedy about good-hearted people. Imagine that. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: It's a pleasure to come across the sharply funny and touching Crazy Stupid Love. It's a live one with a dream cast that keeps springing playful surprises. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It gets better and funnier after a labored and lumbering start, which is entirely the opposite of most Hollywood comedies. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Carell carries the comedy, while remaining grounded in the pain of the character, and so we care. It's also astonishing what good clothes and a haircut can do for a guy. There's a lesson in that for all of us. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's romantic, touching, a little risque and screwball, yet reassuringly down-to-earth. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Every moment of mature insight in "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is answered by a scene of formulaic farce. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: [A] pleasant surprise. Read more
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Crazy Stupid Love veers schizophrenically between daring, jaw-dropping comedy and gooey sitcom cliches that weigh it down. Read more
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine: The movie's biggest surprise is the revelation of Gosling as cunning comedian. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The movie squanders its potential with a sloppy script chock full of false notes. Even the bumptious score intrudes, often bumping into important dialogue. Read more
Peter Debruge, Variety: Old-fashioned as that might sound, there's a fresh, insightful feel to this multigenerational love story. Read more
Karina Longworth, Village Voice: Carell and Gosling, each willing to take his character to the point of caricature in order to find the truth in him, have a nicely barbed chemistry together. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Adult dramas and comedies should at least have a toe in their audience's lives. Read more