# Are romantic comedies like crack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054 "2002-03-13T13:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/1 "2002-03-13T13:59:31Z")
I, for one, cannot get enough of “witty” romantic comedies with the misunderstandings, and the missed timing and the missed opportunities and the blah blah blah, and then the **correct couple** ends up together. Do I have a problem? This weekend a friend and I rented (all of which I’ve seen before): [The MatchMaker](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119632) [Emma](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116191) [Say Anything](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098258) [The Night We Never Met](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107685) [If Lucy Fell](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116606) This weekend I _saw_: three of the above PLUS [Pride and Prejudice](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112130) (the 5.5 hour miniseries) Last night: [Bridget Jones’s Diary](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0243155) Recently: [Uncorked](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0147856) One of my all-time favorites: [Crossing Delancey](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094921) Do you share my addiction? Can you hook me up? -hannah ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/2 "2002-03-13T20:10:36Z")
Well, let’s see. You go to do something you _know_ is gonna be bad for you, and you have to pay an arm and a leg to do it. It makes you feel good for a short time, but you’re ashamed of it later. You probably don’t tell most of your friends because they might try to make you stop if they knew. Yeah… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/3 "2002-03-13T20:33:34Z")
If you mean like crack in that I have no desire to partake in it, then yes, they are a lot like crack ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/4 "2002-03-13T21:03:50Z")
Yes, it’s exactly like crack, except I really wouldn’t know because I’ve never taken crack never nosirree bob . . . Very addictive. (the movies, not the crack, although I’ve heard that it is . . . 😛 ) Emma Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth–woohoo!) Only You Sense & Sensibility A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing I don’t know if you’d class it with these, but I totally love Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/5 "2002-03-13T23:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hannahw \* > \*\*I, for one, cannot get enough of “witty” romantic comedies with the misunderstandings, and the missed timing and the missed opportunities and the blah blah blah, and then the **correct couple** ends up together. Do I have a problem? > > [rest deleted] > > Do you share my addiction? Can you hook me up? > -hannah \*\* After reading your formula, the first movie that popped into my mind (an oldie, but goodie) was “Some Kind of Wonderful”. ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/6 "2002-03-14T02:22:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Controvert \* > \*\* > > After reading your formula, the first movie that popped into my mind (an oldie, but goodie) was “Some Kind of Wonderful”. \*\* Good one, will re-view it! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/7 "2002-03-14T11:03:05Z")
I’ve noticed that a lot of movies that are listed as “romance comedy” are in fact dark comedy, just a bit on the light side. _Seven Girlfriends_ is one example. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/8 "2002-03-14T11:31:57Z")
I have nothing to say but “you saw If Lucy Fell!” It is my goal to convince as many people as possible to see that and Empire Records 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/9 "2002-03-14T15:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hannahw \*One of my all-time favorites: > [Crossing Delancey](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094921) At first viewing, Crossing Delancey was a really cute little film. But the second time I saw it it became clear that Amy Irving’s character, despite being cute as hell, really wasn’t a very nice person. The focus of the film is, of course, her realizing that the pickle guy is a real find. But from a guy’s perspective, I have to wonder if the pickle guy got such a good deal. She really treated him like dirt during the film. In order for a romantic comedy to work for me, the main character had to deserve to find Mr. (or Miss) Right. In this case, I sort of thought that Amy Irving’s character deserved to end up with the shallow author type. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/10 "2002-03-14T17:05:42Z")
Four Weddings and a Funeral - one of my all time favs ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-romantic-comedies-like-crack/98054/11 "2002-03-14T17:10:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > \*\* > > The focus of the film is, of course, her realizing that the pickle guy is a real find. \*\* I saw an interview with [Peter Riegert](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Riegert,+Peter) in which he claims this movie has brought him more declarations of fan love than any other. I can believe it, I am in love with him every time I watch it. Don’t you think Isabelle was at all redeemed by the end?