# Looking for title of romantic comedy

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-title-of-romantic-comedy/226490 "2004-01-29T00:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![BooksWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-title-of-romantic-comedy/226490/1 "2004-01-29T00:50:30Z")

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I only saw a couple of short parts of this movie on a TV while I was working in my hotel room. I’m not even sure if it can be called a “romantic” comedy. It wasn’t any kind of great movie - I doubt I would have gone to see it in a theater - but it had a couple of very funny scenes. The kind of scenes like in “Something About Mary” where you’re a little ashamed of yourself for laughing at such classless humor. I couldn’t name any of the actors in it, either.

Here’s the premise, from the short parts I saw:  
A guy who is a playwrite or director is living with a vain, bitchy actress who is pressuring him to marry her. They have a big fight and she pretends to throw the really expensive diamond earrings he gave her into the sea. So they break up, but she refuses to move out of the house and files a palimony suit against him. So they continue to live together, pulling all kinds of zaniness to drive each other mad.

Anybody recognise this?

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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-title-of-romantic-comedy/226490/2 "2004-01-29T02:49:20Z")

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The War of the Roses?

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-title-of-romantic-comedy/226490/3 "2004-01-29T07:17:11Z")

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I know what movie you’re talking about! The screenwriter is played by French Stewart. It’s called “Love Stinks”, not surprisingly. His girlfriend is played by Bridgette Wilson, who I’ve never heard of before. His best friend’s girlfriend/wife, however, is played by Tyra Banks. Linky: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188863/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188863/)

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**Author:** ![BooksWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-title-of-romantic-comedy/226490/4 "2004-01-29T20:54:58Z")

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Yes, that’s it. Man, it gets terrible reviews. The perfect movie to watch pieces of after a few beers when you’re trying to avoid work you have to do in your hotel room. I laughed. Don’t tell anybody.