Oh my God. Someone actually made a really and truly enjoyable
romantic comedy! Formulaic to perfection, it’s the story of a
hapless musician whose TV star girlfriend dumps him for the world’s
Britishest rock ‘n’ roll longhair. Here’s what makes it work: Jason
Segel’s script takes this typical rom-com Mad Libs and fills in the
blanks with sweet, relatable characters (not a Rob Schneider in
sight!) and legitimately funny jokes. This movie dunked my week in
delight and then stuffed it down the fun-time esophageal canal of
entertainment. (See Movie Times.)

Lindy West was born an unremarkable female baby in Seattle, Washington. The former Stranger writer covered movies, movie stars, exclamation points, lady stuff, large frightening fish, and much, much more....