Stuck in Love

Name: Stuck in Love
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: July 5, 2013
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 49

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Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: July 5, 2013 | R

Summary: An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love over the course of a tumultuous year.

Director: Josh Boone

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Chris Packham

Jul 2, 2013

Writer-director Josh Boone populates Stuck in Love with smart characters breaking from emotional holding patterns of varying contours. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Jul 1, 2013

It’s just romantic enough and barely funny enough to qualify as a romantic comedy. But it works, despite never being graceful or unstuck enough to take flight. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Jul 4, 2013

This romantic dramedy tries to cram enough plot twists for a season’s worth of TV episodes into an hour and a half, but is still worthwhile for its fine performances, including the best work that Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly have done in quite a while. Read full review

John DeFore

Mar 19, 2013

Endearing performances buoy predictable film about love in the wake of divorce. Read full review

Emma Johnston

Jun 9, 2013

The ending may be a little too tidy and obvious, but this is a sweet little study of the right royal mess people can make of relationships when they let their own neuroses take over, and a warm tribute to overcoming them. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Jun 19, 2013

The movie aims for an admirable balance, but fatally upsets that equilibrium in its hurried resolutions. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jun 13, 2013

The sharp edges of the story are sentimentally sanded down; there's a fair bit of slush, and it's a pretty quaint view of what writers and a writer's life are actually like. Read full review

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Saranade

Jun 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie might not be for everybody, I realize, but it reminded me of my parents' divorce and the struggles that each of us has gone through in the process. It did an excellent job of touching my heart and bringing to life the feelings and turmoil we experienced, which also made it a very hard movie to watch. The characters seemed realistic and the story believable, with the exception of the ending. The ending might anger some of you non-cliche people out there, but I just found it heart-wrenching. It seems appropriate that a film about writers is allowed to write its own pretend happy ending when often times it doesn't happen that way. That was perhaps the most bitter part of all.… Expand

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MarkDetrel

Sep 20, 2013

Ok, Stuck in Love can not be one of the best movies of this year, maybe has some mistakes, but the rest of the movies is really great, the development of the story is fantastic, and interesting, the cast does an excellent job, the screenplay has much cool moments. Stuck in Love is one of theOk, Stuck in Love can not be one of the best movies of this year, maybe has some mistakes, but the rest of the movies is really great, the development of the story is fantastic, and interesting, the cast does an excellent job, the screenplay has much cool moments. Stuck in Love is one of the most interesting movies of this year.… Expand

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JrAgujaIsAGleek

Jul 7, 2014

If you love The Fault in Our Stars, you will love this. Ignore the movie title because it didn’t do justice how great the movie is.

This movie is about novel writers. Since this is an original work, I find this very ironic that this is a movie about novel writers. But it doesn’tIf you love The Fault in Our Stars, you will love this. Ignore the movie title because it didn’t do justice how great the movie is.

This movie is about novel writers. Since this is an original work, I find this very ironic that this is a movie about novel writers.

But it doesn’t matter, because I love this movie.

Josh Boone, who also directed The Fault in Our Stars, did a good job directing this movie and i loved how it was filmed.

I love the cast performances in this movie. I never thought I would recognize most of these famous actors to participate in this indie movie. They played their characters so well that I forgot it’s just a bunch of actors just playing their roles.

The character development was well done and it affected the overall plot of the movie. This made me care about the characters so much and it gave me the feels as a result.

The balance of the narration of the movie is fair enough. This movie isn’t quite teenager-y while also this movie isn’t quite adult-ish. This is a movie for all audiences (except kids, of course).

The romance part was done very well without being too cliched. The high school romance part wasn’t even cliched at all, maybe because it didn’t focus on that really much. Like I said, this movie isn’t quite teenager-y.

This movie actually reminded me of Love, Actually, with the family trees and all that. That’s what I thought it would be. But using three of its family members for the romance part is clever enough.

The production in this movie is simple, without making it too complicated, which gives more praise to the directing.

This is one of the few movies I cannot see flaws in. This is an excellent movie. Go check it out!… Expand

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FilmQueen

Oct 17, 2015

This film is funny and entertaining. I loved the characters. Although I almost always like writers so I might be a little biased. All the actors did a great job as well.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 24, 2021

I liked this film. Its a little repetitive but I found it comforting in a way. The characters were nicely portrayed and while I wouldn't say its laugh out loud funny, some of the situations and things made me smile. I liked the music present too and I did feel I could relate, a little bit,I liked this film. Its a little repetitive but I found it comforting in a way. The characters were nicely portrayed and while I wouldn't say its laugh out loud funny, some of the situations and things made me smile. I liked the music present too and I did feel I could relate, a little bit, to some of what was said about being a writer. I suppose its part a comedy of age drama/film. Its not bad.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Sep 4, 2014

Josh Boone's written and directorial debut with Stuck in Love is not only an accomplishment for independent film but also for writers. Stuck in Love is a film about writers and love and writers. If Boone couldn't make this one work, perhaps we'd all be doomed.

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AndresLuna

Aug 8, 2016

Please do not waste your time on this film. My wife and I just had to quit watching it. It's just a superficial "modern-day" comedy. The characters show twisted values and can be a bad influence especially for younger audiencies. But if you look for emptiness or no sense in life, then goPlease do not waste your time on this film. My wife and I just had to quit watching it. It's just a superficial "modern-day" comedy. The characters show twisted values and can be a bad influence especially for younger audiencies. But if you look for emptiness or no sense in life, then go for it. Sorry, I had to give my opinion. Maybe this way I can just help somebody.… Expand

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