There are three new titles on Amazon Prime Video that we would like to recommend to you, first and foremost the star-studded, funny and touching screwball comedy “Crazy Stupid Love” with a colossal twist.
Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, Joey King, Marisa Tomei: the list of stars who starred in “Crazy Stupid Love” just doesn’t stop there. But big names alone do not make a good film, of course, as was recently seen with “Red Notice” on Netflix.
“Crazy Stupid Love”, which is now available as a subscription on Amazon Prime Video, is not only very busy, but also very funny, surprisingly touching and has a sensational twist:
» “Crazy Stupid Love” bei Amazon Prime Video*
Of course, we won’t reveal exactly what kind of twist that is, but only refer to our FILMSTARTS review, in which “Crazy Stupid Love” received a good 3.5 out of 5 stars. There it says:
“Screenwriter Dan Fogelman [versteht es]to change the tone of voice or the narrative direction unexpectedly again and again – which leads to a colossal plot twist in a sequence at the end of the second act, which is one of the highlights of the film anyway, because there the collected conflicts of the story with a hilarious, tragic, but also touching bang collide. “
The FILMSTARTS review for “Crazy Stupid Love”
“Crazy Stupid Love” tells several interwoven stories: The staid mid-forties Cal Weavers (Steve Carell) is left by his wife Emily (Julianne Moore), who is having an affair with her colleague (Kevin Bacon). When he is already threatening to drown in self-pity, he meets the womanizer Jacob (Ryan Gosling) in a bar, who offers him tutoring in matters of masculinity and love life.
Meanwhile, Hannah (Emma Stone) is heading for a marriage with the boring Richard (Josh Groban) after becoming the first woman ever to turn down Jacob. But the last word on this matter – and many others – has not yet been spoken …
Also new on Amazon Prime Video: “Mortedecai” & “Captain Fantastic”
If you already know “Crazy Stupid Love”, we also have two other film tips for you: the crime-slapstick comedy “Mortdecai” with Johnny Depp and the dropout tragic comedy “Captain Fantastic”.
» “Mortdecai” bei Amazon Prime Video*
» “Captain Fantastic” bei Amazon Prime Video*
In “Mortdecai”, the title character played by Johnny Depp, a bon vivant, art dealer and part-time crook, is involved in the search for a stolen painting, in which both Russian gangsters and MI5 are involved.
“Captain Fantastic” is about a road trip that the convinced dropout and family man Ben (Viggo Mortensen) goes on with his physically, mentally and philosophically fit children to honor the last wish of his dead wife …
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