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THE ROMANTICS

"Complicated Relationships"

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THE ROMANTICS is a small independent comedy. Seven old college friends in their late 20s gather at a seaside home to watch two of their own, Lila and Tom, get married the next day. While Lila rests in her room for her big wedding day, Tom and the others, including his long-time former girlfriend, Laura, party on the beach. Tom, a champion swimmer, disappears while taking a long swim, and the others go to find him before alarming the bride. Tom suddenly shows up and manages to get Laura alone. It becomes clear that Tom has not gotten over Laura, and neither has she. The next morning, Tom, Laura and Lila have some choices to make.

The acting and dialogue in THE ROMANTICS are good. Katie Holmes is surprisingly good as the “other woman”. However, except perhaps for Katie, the characters and their different stories are not that appealing. In fact, their interactions with each other include some drunkenness, brief drug use, rude behavior, cheating, and adultery (two of the characters are already married). That said, the final confrontation between the bride-to-be and the former long-time girlfriend is pretty funny.

Content:

(PaPa, Ro, C, LLL, V, SS, N, AA, DD, MM) Strong, slightly mixed pagan worldview with some references to the Romantic movement and a male pastor starts to perform a wedding ceremony but the characters otherwise show no overt faith; 18 obscenities (including one “f” word), one strong profanity and 12 light exclamatory profanities; light slapstick comedy includes girl accidentally rips sister’s wedding dress and cheating couple struggles to hide from disclosure; depicted adultery as couple passionately kiss and start to remove clothes, implied fornication when groom gets together with former long-time girlfriend the night before his wedding to her college roommate, and some light sexual talk; brief upper and rear male nudity; alcohol use and scenes of drunkenness; smoking and brief drug use; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes cheating, lying, jealousy, arguments, rudeness.

More Detail:

THE ROMANTICS is a well-acted yuppie comedy that will appear in a few movie theaters soon. Though rated PG-13, only adults probably will be interested in this movie.

In the story, seven old college friends in their late 20s gather at a seaside home to watch two of their own, Lila and Tom, get married the next day. Lila’s mother holds a rehearsal dinner at her home. That night, while Lila rests in her room for her big wedding day, Tom and the others, including his long-time former girlfriend, Laura, party on the beach. Tom, a champion swimmer, disappears while taking a long swim, and the others go to find him before alarming the bride.

Tom suddenly shows up and manages to get Laura alone. It becomes clear that Tom has not gotten over Laura, and neither has she. The next morning, Tom, Laura and Lila have some choices to make. Complicating matters is that Lila has made Laura her Maid of Honor.

The acting and dialogue in THE ROMANTICS are good. Katie Holmes, who has gotten a lot of attention from the paparazzi because of her marriage to Tom Cruise, is surprisingly good as the “other woman,” Laura. However, except perhaps for Laura, the other characters and their different stories are not that appealing. In fact, their interactions with each other include some drunkenness, brief drug use, rude behavior, cheating, and adultery (two of the characters are already married). Also, some of their interactions don’t make sense. For example, the groom’s feelings remain unexplained, as are the bride’s reasons for naming his long-time former girlfriend as her Maid of Honor.

That said, the final confrontation between the bride-to-be and the former long-time girlfriend, who roomed together in college, is pretty funny. And, the movie ends on a droll plot twist that points out the ironic vagaries of life.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.