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ISN’T IT ROMANTIC

"Everyone Deserves Love"

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ISN’T IT ROMANTIC plays with every cliché in the romantic comedy genre to hilarious results. Natalie is a single New York City woman who forsakes love because her mother told her she’d never find true love because of her weight. One day, Natalie hits her head and when she wakes up, she finds that the world her has become a romantic-comedy, and a handsome man to whom she’s attracted with begins to woo her. Is life too good to be true?

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC tears apart many ridiculous rom-com tropes while constantly creating fresh takes on the timeworn genre. It does this without being as crass as many modern rom-coms. However, it has many profanities and obscenities, implied sex and many sexual innuendos. The movie promotes taking a stand for genuine love and serious relationships over shallow sex-based affairs. The main character is kind-hearted and selfless, though flawed. A delight from start to finish, most adults and teenagers should find ISN’T IT ROMANTIC a great night out, but extreme caution is advised because of the foul language and sexual jokes.

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(B, LLL, V, SS, N, A, D, M)

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:
Light moral worldview about emphasizing love and healthy relationships over sexual one night stands, main character is good hearted, and there’s a theme that everyone deserves love

Foul Language:
At least 20 profanities (with one misuse of Jesus’s name), the “f” word is mouthed and bleeped multiple times, and at least 10 more obscenities (including the “s” word);

Violence:
A comically played mugging scene where a man tries to forcibly steal a woman’s handbag in the subway, and she fights back in self-defense, including kicking him in the privates, woman runs into a pole

Sex:
Unmarried couple kisses passionately and fall onto bed, but the movie cuts to the next day with the woman in her pajamas because she realizes she’s stuck inside a PG-13 romantic comedy where there’s no depicted sex, she tries multiple times to have sex with the man and it always cuts to the next morning, many sexual jokes, two men are shown kissing, and a poster has a revealing woman on it

Nudity:
Upper male nudity, women on poster shows lots of cleavage, a scene from PRETTY WOMAN shows woman in a bathtub

Alcohol Use:
Moderate drinking

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
Minor character is a drug dealer; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Lying.

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ISN’T IT ROMANTIC plays fast and loose with every cliché in the romantic comedy genre to hilarious results. Starring comic force of nature Rebel Wilson (PITCH PERFECT) as a New York City architect named Natalie in her first-ever lead performance, the movie opens by showing that Natalie was obsessed with the movie “Pretty Woman” as a child in the ‘90s. Her mother eventually convinced Natalie that romantic comedies are filled with lies, and no man will ever marry her since she’s heavyset.

As an adult in New York City, Natalie lives in an insanely tiny apartment and has to trudge to an office where she gets zero respect from everyone, except for her best friend Josh (Adam Devine), who’s secretly in love with her. Natalie hopelessly pines for a handsome billionaire client named Blake (Liam Hemsworth), who utterly disregards her and treats her like the office coffee girl.

However, things change when Natalie bangs her head into a pole while escaping a subway mugger and wakes up to a shinier, hopelessly happier world in which everyone and everything around her seems to be part of a giant real-life romantic comedy. Suddenly, Blake is obsessed with her, and her newly glowing confidence is making her a star at work. Her humble hovel also becomes an endlessly large, palatial condo filled with dozens of glamorous shoes and outfits that fit her perfectly.

In order to return to the real world, Natalie has to convince someone to fall in love with her, so she sets her sights on winning Blake over. When Josh suddenly is engaged to a supermodel (Priyanka Chopra), Natalie has to decide which guy will bring her true happiness.

While this no doubt sounds like another predictable rom-com, the writing in ISN’T IT ROMANTIC and the direction by Todd Strauss-Schulson are magical. The movie tears apart seemingly hundreds of ridiculous rom-com tropes while constantly creating fresh takes on the timeworn genre. The direction keeps everything moving with incredible energy, including two incredible song and dance numbers that had the audience applauding and cheering loudly. Even more appealing is the fact that the movie is written and performed with a lot of class and taste compared to most current comedy movies.

That said, there are many profanities and obscenities, implied sex and many sexual innuendos. There’s also brief comical violence. The movie’s main message promotes taking a stand for genuine love and serious relationships over shallow sex-based affairs. The main character is also kind-hearted and selfless, though of course flawed. A delight from start to finish, most adults and teenagers should find this a great night out, but extreme caution is advised because of the foul language and sexual jokes.

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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.


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