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You Know What Romantic Comedies Are Missing These Days? More Cancer!

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (21)

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You know, as the site’s resident romantic comedy critic, I get pretty tired of the same flimsy high-concept premisi, the misunderstandings that could be resolved with an easy phone call, the lift-the-toilet-seat jokes, and the endless airport scenes. What good romantic comedies these days are missing is more cancer! Anyone can make a movie about a female marketing executive with commitment issues that sleeps around a lot. But it takes someone with the bravery of Kate Hudson to make a romantic comedy about a female marketing executive with commitment issues that sleeps around a lot with cancer.

This is what we call in the business, “Stepping up to the plate, giving 110 percent, and not being here to make friends.” This is real. This is in your face. This is a cancer comedy. And don’t look now, but Whoopi Goldberg is is in this. And she plays God. And no, I’m not kidding.

And good news, ladies. If you turn up the brightness level on your computer, you might actually be able to make out Gael García Bernal’s ass in that trailer.










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Comments

He's better than this.

She's not.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 14, 2011 10:32 AM

He's so charming, but I will never see this movie.

Posted by: pxilated at January 14, 2011 10:53 AM

So heaven is backlit pink sheets? Fuck.

Posted by: Mike D at January 14, 2011 10:54 AM

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh...why do you do this to yourself my beautiful Gael? Why? Now you've got Hudson's foul mediocrity all over you, better hope it washes off.

Posted by: the bees knees at January 14, 2011 10:55 AM

So, I'm guessing she goes with "alternative therapies" so she can keep her pretty hair and pretty face and no one watching this has to be faced with the stark, bald, nauseated, pale, scared, scary face of actually dealing with cancer treatments.

Posted by: Lindsay at January 14, 2011 11:03 AM

That's heaven? Thank god, I'm an atheist.

Posted by: BWeaves at January 14, 2011 11:11 AM

That picture kinda makes him look like a midget for some reason. Or "vertically challenged" if we're being PC

Posted by: ASterisk at January 14, 2011 11:28 AM

I had the cancer, you don't look pretty. In fact, during chemo my wife said I looked like death warmed over. So, maybe Ms. Hudson's a good choice for this role.

Posted by: mohshard at January 14, 2011 12:19 PM

Gael, beautiful though he may be, IS vertically challenged. He's 5'4". I try not to think about it.

Posted by: Melissa at January 14, 2011 12:52 PM

Dear God in heaven I love him. Every other name on my Hot Slut list just fades away.

Does Kate Hudson have the power to suck the hot out of this man...this beautiful, lick-him-like-an-Eskimo-Pie man? Does she have that kind of power? Do I have to see the movie to find out? Why, God? WHY?

Posted by: klingonfree at January 14, 2011 1:20 PM

And they just HAD to get in the dig at Catholic School, didn't they? They can just suck my dick.

Posted by: klingonfree at January 14, 2011 1:24 PM

Ditto Bees Knees. Pou que Gael? pour que?

Posted by: JaneSpotting at January 14, 2011 1:57 PM

This is akin to Ralph Fiennes being J. Lo's love interest in "Maid in Manhattan." Et tu, Gael?

Posted by: samantha t at January 14, 2011 5:11 PM

He looks like the midget in those James Bond movies from the 60's.

Posted by: Forward Observer at January 14, 2011 5:27 PM

holy shit, is that the same guy from Blindness?

that's just low

Posted by: sailboat at January 14, 2011 5:48 PM

He's 5'7"

Posted by: MissNev at January 14, 2011 7:53 PM

Oh Gael, why have you forsaken me?! I mean I forgave you for the atrocious love letter movie and now this! WHY! You are soooooo much better than THIS!

I am crying tears of pain, really I am.

Posted by: tallulahc at January 14, 2011 8:03 PM

Pou que Gael? pour que?

Posted by: JaneSpotting at January 14, 2011 1:57 PM

I think you mean ?por qué, yes?

/Who you calling Porky?

Posted by: Uriah Creep at January 14, 2011 9:24 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Um, I think I forgot an HTML tag there. Everything after "1:57PM" should be in standard type.

Man, rasslin' with HTML tags is hard work!

Posted by: Uriah Creep at January 14, 2011 11:04 PM

Is it wrong that seeing Kate Hudson with curly hair again makes me kinda happy and nostalgic?

This movie's obviously going to be boring/generic/standard rom-com she's known for. If only she had Goldie's charm. Honestly though, this wouldn't be so awful if it weren't for the Whoopi interludes. I guess nobody caught Witherspoon's Just Like Heaven.

Posted by: valerie at January 15, 2011 11:26 PM

I think we need more Aids rom coms...

Posted by: Sarah J-Town at January 16, 2011 6:32 AM