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Playing It Cool

2014

Justin Reardon

Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza ...

4.6

1,560

Romance. Comedy A screenwriter working on a script for a romantic movie is having a hard time because he is a little jaded when it comes to love since his mother abandoned him when he was a boy. So he spends his time ruining every relationship he has. But he really needs to make the script, so he turns to his friends for their experiences. But it's not enough. He then meets a girl who captures his heart. Problem is that she's already engaged. But she allows him to be her friend. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bill Edelstein Variety	"A broad romantic comedy that submits the genre to such a rigorous self-examination it nearly tips over into parody (...) the actors shake every last bit of believability out of the thin gruel that’s given them"	NEG
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair's script feels like a first draft that was written in one night as they got pumped up on Red Bull and speed-watched Netflix (...) Rating: ★ (out of five)"	NEG

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