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- While it doesn't subvert the genre as incisively as it thinks it does, Celeste and Jesse Forever is a shrewd rom-com that benefits from its likable cast and trumpets the arrival of Rashida Jones as a bona fide big screen talent.
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Aug 8, 2012 · "Celeste and Jesse Forever" is a good-hearted romantic comedy about a likable couple — so likable, indeed, that it swims upstream against the current of our desires. The two have been happily married for years, long enough so their friends think of them as a unit, and now they've decided she'll stay in the house and he'll move into his studio ...
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Parents need to know that Celeste and Jesse Forever is an indie romcom that adds an interesting twist to the genre's typical formula but falls short of greatness, despite hip stars Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg.
- Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Rashida Jones
- Lee Toland Krieger
- Sony Pictures Classics
Aug 1, 2012 · Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) remain the best of friends, even in the midst of a divorce; to be specific, they spend nearly every day hanging out together and he still lives in...
- William Goss
Celeste and Jesse Forever is an authentic romantic comedy directed by Lee Toland Krieger (winner of the Independent Spirit Award in 2010 for the screenplay of The Vicious Kind) and written by first timers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
The site's consensus states, "While it doesn't subvert the genre as incisively as it thinks it does, Celeste and Jesse Forever is a shrewd rom-com that benefits from its likable cast and trumpets the arrival of Rashida Jones as a bona fide big screen talent".
Nov 23, 2012 · Subverting the romcom with a falling-out-of-love story is a bit old hat. Many have tried; many have failed. Celeste & Jesse Forever also tries and fails, but entertains along the way.
The premise of Celeste And Jesse Forever is a great genre-spinner, although it is revealed early, after which the film settles into the sort of heartbreak and yearning in fact familiar from many a romcom's second act, so that even at a mere 90 minutes the plot still feels a little shopworn.
