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Crazy, Stupid, Love

year 2011decade 10sdirector Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Ryan Gosling Jacob
Emma Stone Hannah
Lio Tipton Jessica
Marisa Tomei Kate Tafferty
Kevin Bacon David Lindhagen
Jonah Bobo Robbie Weaver
John Carroll Lynch Bernie Riley
Josh Groban Richard
Joey King Molly Weaver
Beth Littleford Claire Riley
Julianna Guill Madison
Crystal Reed Amy Johnson
Dan Butler Cal’s boss
Mekia Cox Tiffany
Reggie Lee Officer Huang

Crazy, Stupid, Love | The Rewatchables

host Bill Simmonshost Van Lathanguest Mina Kimes
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Better chemistry than La La Land; Stone’s inevitable rise; marriage halftime disputed

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:17:49Read transcript
  • Mina’s early hottest take is that Gosling and Stone have better chemistry here, and a better romantic scene, than in La La Land.
  • An early hottest-take discussion treats Stone’s rise as visibly inevitable, comparing early Streep, Roberts and Cruise breakthroughs; Superbad is defended as an immediate star signal.
  • Van’s hottest take asks whether marriage needs a halftime. The others challenge the analogy because cheating was not mutual consent and one partner might prefer separation; nine partners makes reconciliation harder.
  • The marriage-halftime debate also considers Cal’s complacency and contrasts the film’s reunion with real-life returns after disappointing dating experiences.

The most "year the movie came out" thing

Pickup artistry; cast career moment; metrosexual style; babysitter transport; Twilight; phones; photo plot

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:31:00Read transcript
  • The pickup-artist character is treated as a period marker. Mina argues his approach is less harsh than The Game, while others point to explicit negging; the disagreement remains.
  • Most-2011 choices include the cast’s career moment and Jacob’s metrosexual styling; the reversal of fashion makes Cal’s original loose clothing more current.
  • Driving the teenage babysitter home is proposed as a 2011 marker, with rideshare as the current alternative; a personal callback follows.
  • Further 2011 markers are Twilight alone, the Moore/Kutcher text, an older phone, answering machines and the babysitter-photo plot.

What’s Aged the Best?

Divorce loyalties; Century City Mall; Los Angeles; performances; Scarlet Letter and pole-dancing jokes; slang

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:33:11Read transcript
  • Jacob’s account of his parents explains his behavior and why Cal reminds him of someone, praised as an effective interlocking script rather than forced exposition.
  • Choosing sides after a couple’s divorce ages well and prompts a proposed game-show idea.
  • Westfield Century City Mall is strongly praised as aged best, alongside the film’s Valley/Los Angeles setting; the attraction ranking is not a complete top-ten list.
  • Jonah Bobo’s performance, Bacon’s romantic-antagonist skill, the Scarlet Letter complaint and the pole-dancing line are aged-best choices.
  • The use of cuckold and bang and the small jokes age well, while saying nobody uses cuckold anymore ages poorly.

Most Rewatchable Scene

The Dirty Dancing romantic sequence

In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 00:34:51Read transcript
  • Scene candidates include the divorce/car exit and Jacob meeting Hannah. Lady Bird is compared to the car exit; Jacob’s confidence under rejection divides interpretation.
  • The friends choosing sides in divorce and John Carroll Lynch’s breakup scene are praised as an underexplored social dynamic.
  • The male makeover montage is praised for humor, effective styling and Cal’s renewed self-respect; other makeover films are compared and the already-attractive-woman trope criticized. Carell changing weight is explicitly speculation.
  • Scene candidates include pickup training, Robbie raising Bacon’s chair, Tomei’s bar encounter and the teacher reveal. Tomei receives a playful long-term-crush honor.
  • Hannah returning to Jacob’s house is praised for the Dirty Dancing lift, humor, surprising vulnerability and a believable connection built in minutes; whether they have sex remains inferred rather than shown.
  • The actors’ chemistry prompts discussion of on-set relationships and spouses, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith as a comparison; speculation is not film fact.
  • The converging backyard fight and Bacon’s arrival are praised. The graduation speech is rejected by one host as too sweet, with other school-ending films discussed.
  • The romantic Dirty Dancing sequence wins the scene majority, with a dissenting preference for the backyard fight.
  • A late scene candidate is Cal’s nighttime phone call while looking through the window; Talking Heads during lawn watering is an additional needle-drop choice, with no song title stated here.

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Babysitter plot; the shared pickup bar

In the discussion (4)
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  • Weak-link choices include the babysitter plot and the shared bar where Hannah never encounters Cal; the mixed-age pickup setting is doubted.
  • Van and Bill describe discomfort being older than colleagues at bars, reinforcing objections to Jacob repeatedly using the same venue.
  • Phoenix is proposed as a more plausible recasting city. The babysitter’s photos and crush on unkempt Cal are criticized, with the historical framing and online consequences discussed.
  • The hosts discuss changes in dating, fear of public rejection and social-media exposure, while Mina gives a qualified nostalgic defense of Jacob’s approach.

Apex Mountain

Singles bars; car exits; vodka cranberries; Dirty Dancing homages; Gosling qualified

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:31:34Read transcript
  • Gosling’s apex is disputed among the 2011 double, La La Land and Barbie; Stone is assigned a later peak, with La La Land suggested. An annual multi-film acting MVP is proposed.
  • Moore and Carell are assigned earlier peaks. Singles bars in recent films, car exits and vodka cranberries as a plot device receive affirmative apex answers; a claimed Carell Sunshine nomination remains a podcast claim pending correction.
  • Drink preferences interrupt apex. Dirty Dancing homages get a yes, while Century City Mall is assigned its current peak rather than 2011.

Cruise or Hanks?

Cruise as Jacob; Hanks as Cal

In the discussion (1)
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  • Hanks is the initial choice, but young Cruise as Jacob wins support; a combined Cruise/Jacob and Hanks/Cal casting is accepted.

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Prestige television, with reservations

In the discussion (1)
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  • Further nitpicks are Emily’s hypocrisy and the visible lift double. Prestige television is considered viable, with a concern it would work better as a film and The Burbs series as a comparison.

Is This Movie Better With…?

Skipped

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:39:09Read transcript
  • Better With is explicitly skipped because no usable idea was prepared; Stephen A. entering the set was considered but abandoned, not a completed selection or permanent category retirement.

Just One Oscar

Screenplay; Carell; Gosling

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:40:00Read transcript
  • One-Oscar choices split between the script/Carell and Gosling. Gosling is argued stronger than some contemporary supporting nominees, with comedy bias criticized.

Who Won the Movie?

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:49:32Read transcript
  • Gosling receives the first selection.
  • A second answer also chooses Gosling.
  • A third answer agrees and calls it his movie.
  • His tendency to dominate his films leads to The Big Short as a possible exception, qualified by its ensemble cast and his scene-stealing work.
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