In a traditional single story romcom, these figures tend to be the manic pixie dream girls or unrequited objects of affection. |
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This is a romcom in which, for once, people actually act and it's to be applauded for that. |
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Of course all genres have their formulas, and just like any formula film a romcom can be a joy when the journey is well done. |
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Watching this unspeakable romcom made me want to tumble off the red plush seats, curl up into a foetal ball and mew like a maltreated kitten. |
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Mostly, though, it follows the romcom formula right through to its series of misunderstandings and foregone conclusions. |
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If you've ever seen a romcom before you might be able to guess where this is going. |
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You might assume a romcom about striking miners and 80s gays was unlikely to be big box-office, but the same was probably said of Billy Elliot. |
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Its delightful new romcom A to Z is sure to get the hook any day now, with only 3 million viewers for its last episode. |
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Another hideous post-Sex And The City working-girl romcom from the team that gave us 27 Dresses. |
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If the first half hour is a pretty straight forward romcom with zombies peeking in around the edges, the rest of the film slowly mutates into a straightforward zombie flick. |
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Clever and excellently acted, this is only a romcom, but it's a good one. |
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It's a generational romcom, with tired borrowings from Neil Simon and Woody Allen, in which life-lessons are learned with much laughter and tears. |
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Topher Grace watches panic-stricken in a good-natured romcom, sparkily scripted. |
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As does the backlash, which has been building since before her last movie, the indie romcom Juno, won Cody a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, guaranteeing the enmity of the people she'd outpaced to the top. |
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Endrendrum Punnagai is a predictable, under-achieving RomCom with a very unlikable lead character. |
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