Steve Carell sets aside his goofball schtick for a more earthy role in this satisfying, mature ensemble romantic dramedy.
- Jim Schembri, The Age (Australia), October 18, 2011
This film can only have been written by someone who has been both crazy with passion and has been to a parent-teacher night. Recommended.
- Julie Rigg, MovieTime, ABC Radio National, September 30, 2011
It's several cuts above the average romantic comedy that we've been getting lately and I've been sort of railing against those, because they're not romantic and they're not funny but this is both romantic and funny.
- David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia), September 29, 2011
The timing of the comedy is great, it's a smart and talented effort that only falters slightly at the end.
- Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia), September 29, 2011
In a world goofily guffawing at the likes of Horrible Bosses, The Change-Up, Johnny English Reborn and Bad Teacher, an un-stupid movie such as Crazy, Stupid, Love is conspicuously going against the flow.
- Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia), September 29, 2011
Tweaking the Hollywood rom-com formula enough to seem fresh, this is smart, funny and heartfelt entertainment boosted by the charm of its terrific cast.
- Cara Nash, FILMINK (Australia), September 29, 2011
It ties its strands together a touch too tightly two-thirds of the way through - but still leaves enough hanging at the end to be credible.
- Catherine Shoard, Guardian [UK], September 22, 2011
For long stretches, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's Crazy, Stupid, Love is a sharp, decidedly superior romantic comedy whose top-rate performers and fizzy dialogue go a long way to overcoming its tired set-up.
- Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph, September 22, 2011
This is witless, saccharine and lifeless...
- Tom Huddleston, Time Out, September 21, 2011
The kind of film that makes you want to call someone the minute it's over, even if just to tell them to go see this movie.
- Olly Richards, Empire Magazine, September 19, 2011
There's strong, fleetingly powerful stuff in Crazy, Stupid, Love., but like its awkwardly punctuated title, the movie jerks to a halt just when it's beginning to flow.
- Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 2011
It gets better and funnier after a labored and lumbering start, which is entirely the opposite of most Hollywood comedies.
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com, July 31, 2011
This is not the ultimate romantic comedy - the one that makes you fall as hard for the characters as they do for one another while savoring their every interaction - but it seems fresher and less recycled than much of the product out there.
- James Berardinelli, ReelViews, July 29, 2011
[It's] a breezy and easy-to-swallow ensemble piece about hopeless romantics and sexual predators, and the terrifying/heartwarming similarities they share. Only minimally cloying ... it's buoyed by radiant and charming performances.
- Simon Miraudo, Quickflix, September 29, 2011
This is the sort of film that Oscar generally ignores come awards season. It shouldn't. Crazy Stupid Love is a crazy smart film.
- Tom Long, Detroit News, July 29, 2011
During a summer when most of the other romantic comedies haven't been either, "Crazy, Stupid, Love" provides a fairly smart and sensible date-night choice.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger, July 29, 2011
It's romantic, touching, a little risqué and screwball, yet reassuringly down-to-earth.
- Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 29, 2011
[A] pleasant surprise.
- Rick Groen, Globe and Mail, July 29, 2011
I laughed all the way through, thanks to both consistently clever dialogue and deft delivery from Carell and Gosling, who clearly relished a chance to flex his comic muscles.
- Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News, July 29, 2011
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