Confession, for a second I forgot the title of the movie I'm about to defend my enjoyment of...this may spell forgettable-ness. But really, it's good. And definitely not as a bad as a lot of reviews have made it out to be.
(When in Rome! That's it!)
Anyways, When in Rome, starring Kristen Bell and Josh "Married to Fergilicious" Duhamel is a mostly solid entry into the romcom canon. The set up has Bell and Duhamel's characters meeting cute at a Roman wedding--she's the Maid of Honor and he's the Best man, natch--and subsequently falling in love. There's a bit with the "Fountain of Love" too, which resulted in random characters played by Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, that guy from Napoleon Dynamite, and Danny DeVito. Bell's character, snookered on prosecco, steals their love coins. I guess.
(DANNY DEVITO! True fact: he made Kristen Bell look taller than she ever has in a scene where they were walking next to each other.)
But it's not the plot that's important. You know what'll happen. Never will Kristen Bell wind up with Will Arnett when Josh Duhamel is around to be more compatible age-wise and star-wise. (Not that either are huge stars. But they're the same types of actors.)
What's important is the fact that the banter is snappy, the mood is light, and everything turns out okay in the end. We're in a recession, people! Something has to be predictable, and maybe When in Rome is all we're going to get right now...
So yes, I liked it. I liked it because it was silly and fluffy and still at the end I was happy they had their own Roman wedding. I don't think it's okay that Bell's main quest was to "let love happen"; I also don't expect romantic comedies to be deep voyages into the existential crises of twentysomethings...that's what Facebook is for...
Please enjoy another romantic comedy focused on fluff and love:
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