When In Rome (2010— 91mins) K. Bell, J. Duhamel

  When in Rome is as you prolly figured a Romantic Comedy. So many rom-com’s are cheesy and cliche’ that it tends to be hard to stand out. This is one to me that stands out a bit more then others have lately. Kristen Bell is your typical rom-com chick who has shitty luck with dating and while in Rome for the wedding of her sister she is so fed up with it that she steals coins from a magic fountain that curses her with a bunch of guys falling (magically) in love with her. Seems usual enough but the standing out is the assortment of guys and how funny they are. It’s got the who’s who of funny men and they all deliver in their roles here. These guys include Dax Shepard, John Heder (here with his Napoleon Dynamite sidekick Pedro too!), Wil Arnett, and Danny Devito. As you might have guessed it the object of the real love is Josh Duhamel. There is a good amount of comedic hi-jinx and funny mishaps as usuall but it’s an enjoyable ride. Don’t expect to be surprised by anything but you will get a good laugh out of it all.

Verdict—> I am starting to look at the rom-coms that I watch at work in one simple way. If after watching them here I am willing to sit thru them again with Mrs. Geekjock then they pass the test. This is one of them that easily passes that test. Sure it’s going to be on a billion times on TBS/TNT or USA, but it’s a good date/wifey movie to see. Worth the 1$ and time for the brownie points with the Mrs.

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