It's Complicated [M]

She was his wife and then they broke up. Now he's re-married and not so happy, she has become "the other woman". It's divorce with benefits.

I first saw this movie in a tiny little almost antique theatre in Roseville. My parents and I went on a Sunday afternoon and we were the youngest people in the cinema. Doesn't that sound lovely? A Sunday afternoon out with the parents in a quaint little cinema watching a quaint little romantic comedy. I have to admit that it was rather nice. I recommend that everyone should try it at least once in their lives.

This is the second time that I have sat down and watched It's Complicated. I remember laughing and thinking that it was funny in that tiny little cinema and, upon sitting through it a second time, I do think that it is a cute little romantic comedy that does have its moments.

Jane and Jake have been divorced for about 10 years. Jane has raised the kids, all of whom have grown up and left the nest, and she has never re-entered the world of dating and sex. Jake married a woman who is about half his age, but things have not turned out as well as he'd planned. Upon bumping into each other in New York, Jane and Jake get a little brave after a few drinks and begin an affair. Jake believes this is just a natural and a wonderful step for them, but Jane's not so sure. It's right, it's wrong, it's weird, it's natural... it's complicated.

Meryl Streep is Jane. Now I absolutely love Meryl. She is one of the very few actresses who I actually really like. But in this movie, she annoyed me to some extent. She's quite a bit like her character Donna in Mamma Mia, only a little more... I don't know, just a little more. I mean, this was the character and she played it wonderfully, but the character annoyed me. So there.

Alec Baldwin is Jake and he's just awful or hysterical, it depends which way you look at it. I personally think that he and Steve Martin are the best things in this movie, aside from the amazingly awesome house that Meryl lives in. For Alec, there are just so many moments in the movie when you're cringing and going "oh god please don't." But it's those moments that make the movie funny and keep it moving so that's a bonus for Alec. I can't help but admit that there a little too much of him with his shirt off for my liking, but it is good to see actors with healthy appetites. Seriously, let's not turn to food, because I won't stop talking.

So, food, houses, and shirtless Alec Baldwin aside, It's Complicated was a refreshing little romantic comedy that had a real simplicity to it that I really liked. The scenery, the script and the occasional scenes where you hit the floor crying from mortification and laughter makes It's Complicated a lovely little movie that's definitely worth watching.