If you were to go by the headlines promoting this new trailer for They Came Together, the new David Wain (Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer) movie, you’d expect something “funny” and “hilarious”. Mmmmmmkay…
Starring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, the film is not your stereotypical romantic comedy, it’s actually mocking said stereotypes by wedging as many rom-com cliches into its 85-minute running time as possible. Perhaps I’m just not getting it based on the trailer or I just don’t have a funny bone, but I didn’t laugh once or even chuckle, nor did it suggest to me this is something I might enjoy, and Wain is okay in my book, even though Wanderlust was a steaming pile.
Along with Poehler and Rudd in the lead roles, the film is stacked to the brim with recognizable names including Ed Helms, Michael Ian Black, Cobie Smulders, Ken Marino, Jack McBrayer and Kenan Thompson and is set for a June 27 day-and-date theatrical and On Demand release.
Give the trailer a watch and let me know if you’re picking up something where I’m not.
If the joke is that they are parodying rom-coms by simply doing what bad rom-coms do, where is the humor?
When Joel (Paul Rudd) and Molly (Amy Poehler) meet, it’s hate at first sight: his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie candy shop. Plus, Joel is hung up on his sexy ex (Cobie Smulders). But amazingly, they fall in love, until they break up about two thirds of the way through, and Molly starts dating her accountant (Ed Helms). But then right at the end…well you’ll just have to see. (Hint: Joel makes a big speech and they get back together.)
