Let's face it, Carell very seldom produce a solid 7 of a movie.
In this movie he played a smooth ladies' man and I'm sure after watching him all the girls want him more and all the guys want to be him. I, too, was mesmerised. The Notebook was his first big movie and I was never on board. Only until The Ides Of March did I start warming up to him, and in this role I really ate it up.
At first from the movie poster I thought this might be something like New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day because of the large ensemble. But I was pleasantly surprised when there were only four real players, namely Carell, Gosling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone. Only Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon didn't get a lot of screentime.
Hence, the story didn't go all over the place but was able to have a lot of focus on the four main characters.
There was a very nicely written sequence in the second half when everything and everyone came together. That was brilliant and hilarious.
And the rest of the cast have all portrayed their roles very nicely, doing their parts in producing a very nicely made movie. Only the ending, again, like Friends With Benefit before this review, where the big speech was; I thought was a little out of place as Jonah Bobo's scene was quite out of his character.
But I thought Gosling stole every scene he was in. And should have had a nomination in the last Oscar for a supporting role here as well.
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