Dan Mazar is mostly known for being a writer with Sacha Baron Cohen on his various films. Now Dan is taking a gentler approach by making a romantic comedy. I don't think he was the right guy to make a film like this. I know that there has been a recent slate of more dirty and crude romantic comedies but there is a right way and a wrong way to doing that sort of thing. Dan has created a very good premise with a look at a married couple during their first year of marriage. There are some really nice moments but for some reason Dan has chosen to populate his film with some really obnoxious characters who completely ruin the film. The main characters are generally nice but occasionally come out with some really obnoxious stuff which ruins their character. Dan also writes write a few obvious jokes as well which makes the film seem clichéd. The only part I really enjoyed was the way the film ended.
Rafe Spall is starting to become a very popular actor. He seems more at home with comedy like here as his timing is quite good and he is rather funny. But as mentioned above there are a few out of character moments which ruin things. Rose Byrne does an excellent job as always and manages to keep her sweet character intact. Simon Baker also is quite charming and sweet but has one moment that ruins things when he goes overboard in his wooing of Rose's character. It was nice to see Anna Faris play a more subdued character. The brunette haircut makes her almost unrecognizable too. While Stephen Merchant is essentially playing the same character he has in all other films, for some reason he comes across as especially annoying here. That's largely because he seems totally oblivious to his obnoxious behavior.
It was bound to happen that not all Working Title romantic comedies were going to be gold. Not worth seeing unless you are really desperate.
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