Set It Up: there may not be much that is particularly distinctive or new in Claire Scanlon’s romantic comedy,

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Maybe a Love Story: the starting point in Rodrigo Bernardo’s romantic comedy is a

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Design for Living: Ernst Lubitsch displays his well-known sophistication,

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(500) Days of Summer: Marc Webb’s romantic comedy does not completely avoid the

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What If: a romantic comedy with a somewhat run-of-the-mill story, Michael Dowse’s film is nevertheless made more interesting and pleasurable by the smart dialogue (if at times a little bit too calculated to be cute) and charming pair of characters. Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe (despite his stardom) have a common-people quality to them; he is awkward, but the role calls for it. The occasional slapstick is out-of-place.

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Magic in the Moonlight: Woody Allen’s film is a pleasurable if breezy experience, harmless fun in the best way; the story, little more than an excuse to display immaculate, rich art and costume design, beautiful cinematography (by the great Darius Khondji) and justifiably use a jazzy score. This being an Allen’s film, there is the usual assortment of amusing one-liners. The cast is very attractive, and perfectly capable to reading the smart dialogue; Colin Firth makes a perfect curmudgeon, and Emma Stone is equally fine […]

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