A real softy at heart -the softiest, honestly- nevertheless I find it difficult-to-impossible to enjoy romantic comedies. Not to say I avoid them. The genre may be disproportionately tipped in the risk vs reward department -big risk, scant reward- but when you find a good rom-com (or "romedy" as the contraction-obsessed Brits like to say) it is a pearl without price. The Philadelphia Story. Ball of Fire. L'Eclisse. Grosse Pointe Blank. Doubtless I'm forgetting a couple, but you get the idea: wit, sexy actors, glittering dialogue, and love that until the very end seems doom-doom-doomed.
There are notable exemplars that have been made independently, which is to say with little-to-no budget. Jump Tomorrow is an excellent rom-com that nobody's heard of -until they've read my blog, that is. It stars TV On The Radio's lead singer, Tunde Adubimpe, way prior to fame and fortune (I hope he's rich now), a highly enjoyable 90 minutes. Imaged below is another keeper, New Zealand's brilliant and highly-quirky (a rare combo, indeed!) answer to life, love and everything:
There are notable exemplars that have been made independently, which is to say with little-to-no budget. Jump Tomorrow is an excellent rom-com that nobody's heard of -until they've read my blog, that is. It stars TV On The Radio's lead singer, Tunde Adubimpe, way prior to fame and fortune (I hope he's rich now), a highly enjoyable 90 minutes. Imaged below is another keeper, New Zealand's brilliant and highly-quirky (a rare combo, indeed!) answer to life, love and everything:
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