Today in The New York Times, Brooks Barnes reports that the death of the romantic comedy has been greatly exaggerated . . . sort of.
As Barnes points out, big-budget rom-coms used to be as ubiquitous at
the movies (especially in the summer) as superhero movies are now. But
in the last few years, something has changed. These movies can be
expensive to make—lavish sets, big stars—but they have flopped.
I pointed this out as well in an article earlier this year here at Christianity Today,
and I posited that what's taking their place is a new breed of
comedy-with-romance-(or-not): movies in which the leads do not
ultimately end up together, but they learn something new about love. Or
movies in which romance is just one piece of a larger lesson about love.
I wrote about movies like Drinking Buddies and About Time, and having seen it this summer I think you can add Begin Again (and director John Carney's previous film, Once) to that list.
For
more information about a wonderful romantic comedy please visit What Would Meg Do?
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