
In New York City, couple Joel and Molly are having dinner with their couple friends, Kyle and Karen. In the general discussion of their respective relationships and how they met, Joel and Molly, in telling their story, say that it is exactly like a corny romantic comedy. The story they end up telling not only has every romantic comedy cliché thrown in, but it is told in the style of a romantic comedy, complete with crazy characters who should be smarter to figure out a smoot... (Full plot summary below)
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In New York City, couple Joel and Molly are having dinner with their couple friends, Kyle and Karen. In the general discussion of their respective relationships and how they met, Joel and Molly, in telling their story, say that it is exactly like a corny romantic comedy. The story they end up telling not only has every romantic comedy cliché thrown in, but it is told in the style of a romantic comedy, complete with crazy characters who should be smarter to figure out a smoother path to a happy ending for Joel and Molly. But that one romantic comedy element that is the big payoff may not be reality, or perhaps it is.
Leave your thoughts about They Came Together.
| AV ClubA.A. DowdSeeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikThey Came Together is smart and incisive satire of the scorched-earth variety. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonIt's not as raunchy as the title suggests, but Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler pull off a hilarious sendup of every rom-com cliché with only a few (easily forgivable) missteps. I laughed a lot. |
| Paste MagazineChris MorganDavid Wain's They Came Together rolled the dice and tried to parody the romantic comedy. Fortunately, they succeeded about as well as anybody could hope for. |
| Movie MezzanineChristopher RunyonNo, it's not the tightest spoof movie around, but you'll laugh a lot. |
| The PlaylistJames RocchiIt knows how to mock cliché big things, like jokes about set-dressing and music video montages; it’s also wise about small matters, right down to the font and the framing device. |
| Slant MagazineJesse CataldoWhat results is chaotic but ultimately focused, bound by an intense devotion to disassembling genre and narrative standards. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA great many of these individual scenes are funny... But the film fails to do what those rare, immortal rom-coms get right: take all its individually pleasing ingredients and make a satisfying movie out of them. |
| CraveOnlineWilliam BibbianiA truly biting satire, full of gut punches and belly laughs. |
| HitFixDrew McWeenyThere are probably funnier satires out there, but They Came Together is laser accurate in the way it skewers its targets. |