Love Stinks
Love Stinks
R | 10 September 1999 (USA)
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A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.

Reviews
Raul Faust

Wow, I'm totally out of words to express how much I got surprised with this movie. Whilst I guessed it would be just another typical American teen comedy, it turned out to be one of the funniest films involving relationships ever made. The main actor is very funny. His character is a pretty nice boy who accepts everything his girl asks him to, until a point that she rules his life. Not only that; the girl has a paranoid wish of getting married as soon as possible, and as every guy on the world knows, drives his boyfriend crazy. After he finally got the balls to DENY the marriage thing, she turns his life into hell. There are plenty of moments in which you identify with the characters; you know, even if your relationship isn't that absurd, you surely will remember a friend that goes (or went) through this. The plot is smartly written, with intelligent jokes and situations that an adult male audience will probably enjoy. As for the girls, maybe they won't enjoy-- if they see themselves portrayed in Chelsea. Great movie, congratulations for the team!

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ltlacey

Being a middle-aged woman, I am not this movie's target audience, and I had my doubts about how bad, or good, this movie was going to be. I was just checking out streaming movies from Netflix and this showed up and I thought, "How bad could it be?" I mean, if it's that's bad then I just stop watching. But this movie had me in stitches and I often had to stop the movie as I would miss some line because I was laughing that hard. Yes, it's from a man's point of view, and yes it shows how some women can become raving lunatics to at least get to say, I was married. The plot is your basic boy-meets-girl story, though in this case we have a guy who is afraid of committing to any relationship, especially one he soon realizes is with a crazy person. But we also somewhat get to see the woman's point of view (there is a line she says early on in the movie that supports this view). The supporting cast worked well together and with the stars, and my only complaint is that they tried to make French Stewart look younger than he actually is. Overall, this movie has some of the funniest lines and scenes. Well worth the time, regardless of your age or gender.

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herb_at_qedi

French Stuart does not act. He announces, shouts, derides, and pleas, but never actually talks. But, this is really a 90-minute series of skits on the wars between women and man from the point of view of a self-righteous, successful, white, Anglo-Saxon, spoiled brat. Consequently, some of the skits are highly amusing, others merely stupid, and still others insipid.There are a few brilliant sequences that had me chuckling and one that had me laughing out loud despite myself. And, I do believe that other guys who have been through messy divorces, who have been dumped, or spent most of their lives being derided by women for being children, will enjoy a number of these sequences amusing. Will such guys be entertained? I think so.Is there an iota of artistic merit or redeeming social value in this movie? Absolutely not. If you are looking for that, look elsewhere.

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marcia-waryjas

While the pairing of Bridget Wilson and French Stewart seems unlikely at first, as the story unfolds it becomes clear that her true love is marriage itself. He quickly tires of her neurotic behaviors; instead of breaking it off cleanly, he tries to weasel out in hopes that she will move on. She isn't willing to give up her goal after all the time she's invested. And so it begins....As only people who know each other intimately can do, each pushes the other's buttons in the hopes of breaking the other one down. There are some deliciously evil and spiteful scenes, reminiscent of War of the Roses, but in a lighter vein. Truly witty dialogue and a fast pace make this movie is worth watching, but if that's not enough for you, watch it for the gassy bedroom scene. A lot of fun to watch, and a great ending.

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