LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS

http://www.europacorp.com/dossiers/love/
plot : Whoops, my gay boyfriend's straight.
thought : You'd like that, wouldn't you ?

Europa Corp hasn't made a ridiculously successful movie in quite some time, and unfortunately, this one's not bringing much money into Luc Besson's professional piggy bank, but in terms of success based on the plot-line of the modern romantic comedy (and I'm NOT comparing it to the ridiculously successful but brain-numbingly awful release of 2006, FAILURE TO LAUNCH), LOVE takes the cake, the cake box and the leftover frosting you forgot to lick off the spoon.

There's gay romance ; there's straight romance ; there's homo-curious/questioning/unclear and bi-racial/bi-cultural romance all set to chicky-pop music. There's fashion, sex, art, references to rom-com cliché and innuendo galore, and there's love. By golly, there's love. And did I mention there's a Britney Murphy sans Ashton Kutcher ? The only thing missing is the bow. I'm talking about the big, pink, satin bow that we can use to tie up Britney Murphy (minds out of the fantasy box, gentlemen) and present her back to Hollywood. Same old girl, but she's polished ! Reminds me of Renee Zellweger in DOWN TO LOVE. Oh, did that movie tank, too ? Strange, I liked it...

So despite a leading love interest who can't really act (sorry Santiago CABRERA) and an ending juuuust over-sweet enough to make us wish we didn't eat ALL the icing, LOVE is worth loving right from the start. Though it will kind of remind you of DOWN TO LOVE (lots of color, not much substance).

Overall rating : 2 thumbs up if I did thumbs, but only 3/5 stars, because, by definition of their utter, juvenile, vapid ridiculousness and formulaic unbelievability, no typical rom-com should ever get more than 60%. (That's right, Santiago. You failed the test.)