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By | February 23, 2006

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Related: Imagine Me & You, Brief fling, The Last Holiday, More

Imagine Me & You
Ol Parker tries to do something new with this romantic comedy, but the script, which he also wrote, is as unimaginative as his characters.
Brief fling
Carole Lombard rose to stardom in 1934 and was dead by 1942, killed in a plane crash on her way back from selling war bonds; her last picture, Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not To Be , was released posthumously.
The Last Holiday
Queen Latifah has the Alec Guinness role as a quietly desperate type with a terminal prognosis in this remake of the 1950 romantic comedy.
Something New
Director Sanaa Hamri’s first feature doesn’t attempt something new so much as try to revive something old — it’s yet another romantic comedy with a twist.
Catch and Release
Of all the characters in Susannah Grant’s punishing romantic comedy, Grady, the former fiancé of Gray (Jennifer Garner), has the least to complain about: he’s dead. Watch the trailer for Catch and Release (QuickTime)
The Holiday
A reminder to all producers: alluding to iconic romantic comedies in a bid for legitimacy can be a dangerous game, even when you have appealing stars. Watch the trailer for The Holiday (QuickTime)
Made of Honor
Paul Weiland’s Made of Honor is not your usual formulaic romantic comedy: it’s stupid, its leading man is unlikable, and its jokes are unfunny and sometimes cruel.
John Tucker Must Die
Maybe if John Tucker did die, this sad foray into teen romantic comedy wouldn’t be so demoralizing. Watch the trailer for John Tucker Must Die (QuickTime)
Epic Movie
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the brain warp behind the Scary Movie franchise and Date Movie , again take their tired and not-so-true formula and spoof a list of semi-recent theater fillers).
Adam & Steve
For the time being, any gay romance movie requires the Brokeback reference.
Elsa y Fred | Elsa + Fred
Set in modern-day Madrid, Marco Carnevale’s gentle romantic comedy slaps two touchstone images from Italian cinema on the screen.
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