Romantic Comedy

I like it how the film shows Romantic comedies from the old days and presents a few newer ones. For a rom com lover who has been thinking about the same issues, it was like talking with a friend. Unfortunately it presented only american romcoms and not so many europian/asian as I had hoped, but maybe in Romantic Comedy 2.

This film has the feel of a glorified YouTube video mixed with a personal essay and a dash of uncited sources. The filmmaker does a good job summarizing the basic contemporary complaints about romantic comedies as a genre, and I agree with her take that rom coms are now disguising themselves in other genres (although the example of God's Own Country doesn't feel perfect because it seems like just a romance, not a rom com-having a declaration of love and a happy ending don't automatically make a film a rom com). However, I was bothered that the other voices she brought in are not given any face time or credited; there's no way to know which name from the opening credits goes with which voice. And the music throughout does not add anything. Be a video essay and explain why you're sharing each clip or be a montage that lets viewers draw their own conclusions, but this mush mash of both doesn't work.

Vacuous nonsense. Not quite sure what the director had in mind here but this documentary seemed like little more than a vanity project.

I had marked this flm as a favourite to watch some day... now how do I regret having seen it!!! Not really, i regret giving it my time, a time it didin0t ¡deserve at all.

First of all... if you make a documentary on romantic comedies, at least make it funny, make it witty, no matter what your message is, don't make it the most boring movie to watch.

And then... the message. Really? That's a sick point ofs view, ever from the director's absurd fanaticism as a teenage spectator to her vital disappointment and how she blames romantic comedies for her failure in her love life. I have always claimed, before you start spreading hate, check your therapist for a couple of years...

People seem to be coming into this film expecting a send up to the greatest romcoms when it is really an analysis of the harmful aspects of many romantic comedies. It has a feminist perspective and semi-academic tone. The film would work well as an extended youtube video or masters in film thesis. Ultimately surprisingly enjoyable but I wish it were more technical/professional/analytical.