It's Complicated Movie Reviews

This funny romantic movie was truly complicated. It was indeed exciting and a true meaning of it's complicated, isn't life Complicated already.

7/10

shazjoao@ - 1723 reviews
22.8.2011 - age: 36-49

VERY FUNNY... who knew? I was NOT expecting that... what a pleasant surprise.

8/10

isles99@ - 80 reviews
16.8.2010 - age: 36-49

A pretty funny movie with a great cast. Alec Baldwin really delivers a great performance.

7/10

bradshawscott@ - 100 reviews
25.5.2010 - age: 26-35

Very funny, you can't go wrong with a cast like this! a romantic comedy at its best.

7/10

joblagdon@ - 238 reviews
20.5.2010 - age: 36-49

Not funny at all!!! The kinda funny parts were in the trailer... even if it wasn't funny, it was a very fun movie to watch. Even if the ending was stupid!

6/10

soccer_republic_@ - 106 reviews
3.5.2010 - age: 13-17

Meryl Streep is always one of my favorite actresses, and she did not let me down in this movie. Nice, happy. And fun, movie. I recomend it.

8/10

ganemah2008@ - 12 reviews
12.4.2010 - age: 50+

Way more funnier than I ever expected. Especially the few laugh-out-loud parts... if you've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about. I usually don't like seeing old people make out, but this made it alright.

8/10

candy_crosser38@ - 34 reviews
6.4.2010 - age: 18-25

If you want a good laugh this is the movie to see. This is the first time in a very long time where the audience roared several times throughout. The actors are phenomenal together (Streep, Baldwin and Martin) My wife and I both thoroughly enjoyed the whole movie.

8/10	roymartin@ - first review 3.4.2010 - age: 36-49

Great movie, as always Meryl Streep is an amazing actress. Didn't enjoy Steve Martin as much just not convincing in his role, very bland Alec Baldwin was creditable in his portrayal and very sexy even with being a little overweight which to me made him more appealing, because he was very believable in the fact that he thought the grass was greener with his younger wife and it turned out not to be so.

8/10	lisa483@ - first review 27.3.2010 - age: 36-49

If you want to laugh go see this movie. Not a funny as "The Hangover" but still very funny.

9/10

elmontsparks@ - 105 reviews
25.3.2010 - age: 50+

The comedy was in the trailer.

6/10

bowtaylor@ - 7 reviews
20.3.2010 - age: 18-25

Found this movie to be very entertaining, my husband loved it. It was funny, laughed in so many places, especially the "weed" part, so so funny. If you just want to go to a movie and relax and sit back and be entertained, see this one. Meryl Streep can play any part... at all!!

8/10

carol75@ - 6 reviews
13.3.2010 - age: 50+

It was so funny. I had tears of laughter and loved it all.

8/10	hmj66@ - first review 9.3.2010 - age: 36-49

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It was a not bad movie, great acting of course, a feel good movie but I found it somewhat boring. Baldwin was a typical immature male who cheated on both wives. He needed to become more assertive and work out the issues in his marriage instead of fooling around. If he and Streep got back together there was no guarantee he would not do it to her again. The film went wonky when they were smoking pot at the party. I can only guess how it ended, that she hopefully would choose Steve Martin and tell her ex to grow up.

6/10

maggie25@ - 4 reviews
6.3.2010 - age: 50+

I think it was wonderful. Excellent that Meryl was the centre of, essentially, a romantic comedy. She played the indecisive female compellingly! I really enjoyed all the actors, especially Meryl and Alec. So funny and just an all-round enjoyable comedy.

8/10

mandy@ - 3 reviews
1.3.2010 - age: 18-25

It's fun, entertaining and relaxing. I like the ending. It's complicated.

8/10

leeable@ - 41 reviews
1.3.2010 - age: 26-35

Funny in a smart way. I thought it would be more predictable, just "who will she choose? " but the movie is developed enough to be quite good. My boyfriend who doesn't like chick flicks enjoyed this movie as well.

8/10

lindze_1@ - 11 reviews
28.2.2010 - age: 26-35

I loved every moment of it. So many laughs that I was smiling for hours afterwards just remembering! GO SEE IT NOW!!!

10/10

tammylocks@ - 8 reviews
28.2.2010 - age: 26-35

My mother's girlfriend was taking her out to see this movie on her birthday. I wanted to do something with her too, for her birthday. So I said I wouldn't mind seeing it too. Her friend Yvonne says to me," Well it's kinda Chick-flick movie." I said to her well it is her birthday and usually every movie she picks, I always ended up really liking it too. So I don't think it will be a problem. After watching it I said to her that was definitely not a chick-flick movie. I was laughing so hard over the entire movie. I actually had this one young male move away from me because he couldn't handle my laughing. His girlfriend waits five more minutes, gives me this scowl look and goes down to sit beside her boyfriend. I didn't care, it was a comedy so of course we are going to laugh.

10/10

adeleeuw@ - first review
28.2.2010 - age: 36-49

This movie was a waste of time, I think it's one of Meryl Streep's worse movies yet. It was not funny, and the storyline was really weak. Not recommended.

2/10

santorini09@ - 3 reviews
24.2.2010 - age: 18-25

Great for women's night out and to have a great laugh.

8/10	wildahicks@ - first review 23.2.2010 - age: 50+

A nice feel-good movie! Shows you you can have fun no matter what your age!

8/10

airmiles@ - 45 reviews
22.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Awesome movie!! Very funny and great for men and women to watch!

9/10

lauradraga_01@ - 3 reviews
21.2.2010 - age: 18-25

Better than I expected, and definitely surprised me in the end. Not heavy on the cliches, and solid comedy from Streep, Baldwin and Martin. The title basically sums it up.

7/10

elizabethwoyce@ - 38 reviews
20.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Cute!!! Droll first half, picks up after the party. Letting Steve Martin lose to do what he does best after taking the magic dragon would have been hilarious. Lost a great opportunity here and the movie went to a 7. Alec always shows up for his role, and does well. But this was Martins drive by humor ready to shine. Dam shame.

7/10

carole@ - 61 reviews
18.2.2010 - age: 36-49

I did not enjoy this movie. The only characters I liked were Meryl Streep's and the adorable John Krasinski's. I didn't even like the ending. If you MUST watch it, wait for it on DVD.

5/10

maroo89@ - 49 reviews
16.2.2010 - age: 18-25

I loved this movie. Very funny with a touch of seriousness. Very well done. Laughed out loud a few times. Meryl Streep is her amazing self yet again.

8/10

martypoker@ - 37 reviews
16.2.2010 - age: 36-49

This movie was recommended to me, I don't know why. Meryl Streep was not at her best. Alec Baldwin was the best thing about the movie.

5/10

sandra.mason@ - 3 reviews
14.2.2010 - age: 50+

Incredibly funny movie. I enjoyed it sooo much. If you and your girlfriend just want to watch a relaxing comedy thats the movie for you!

9/10	danielpld@ - first review 12.2.2010 - age: 18-25

This is a very funny movie and had me cracking up in several places. There is great chemistry between Meryl Streep and Alec Balwin. I really enjoyed it! Go treat yourself and see it!

8/10

essiejustleft@ - 16 reviews
11.2.2010 - age: 50+

It's a very good movie and funny.

9/10	firebirdta201@ - first review 9.2.2010 - age: 50+

I really enjoyed this movie. I laughed alot. These three had great chemistry together. And the guy who plays the son inlaw, cracked me up as well. Some of my friends were not happy with the ending, but I was!

8/10

btorlot@ - 21 reviews
7.2.2010 - age: 36-49

I really enjoyed this movie. I laughed alot. These three had great chemistry together. And the guy who plays the son inlaw, cracked me up as well. Some of my friends were not happy with the ending, but I was!

8/10

btorlot@ - 2 reviews
7.2.2010 - age: 36-49

Best comedy of the year, and one of the best comedy I've ever seen. It's rated a romantic comedy but it's a comedy with a little romance in it.

10/10

jennyguignard@ - 86 reviews
6.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Really great movie! Funny, interesting, great actors and a nice conclusion ;)

9/10	cloe_martin@ - first review 5.2.2010 - age: 18-25

A good laugh for anyone having gone through a divorce. The reactions of the children are very enlightening.

8/10	claudetteb2004@ - first review 5.2.2010 - age: 36-49

I really had a good laugh it was great.

9/10	rosenbergg@ - first review 5.2.2010 - age: 50+

Although this movie had a nice cast and was funny it lacked it some parts. They could have worked on the script some more. It's worth seeing but I'd wait for DVD if I were you.

6/10

reem.s13@ - 18 reviews
4.2.2010 - age: 13-17

Streep was her awesome self, but... the rest is a lame excuse for a movie. Boring and predictable, and in some cases not even plausible. Balwin seems to always be trying too hard. Not worth my entertainment dollar.

4/10

frankbarwich@ - 6 reviews
4.2.2010 - age: 36-49

A fantastic movie. Laughed through the whole movie!

9/10

momofmj@ - 6 reviews
4.2.2010 - age: 36-49

The viewing of Alec Baldwin chest hair makes this an 8. And guess what, I deducted around 4 points for that. That is how much I enjoyed that movie. If you missed in theatre, then when it comes out on DVD, buy yourself some wine, of brew some good coffee and get some chocolat croissants and relax with some of the finest comedians around!

8/10

frenchsapho7@ - 10 reviews
3.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Very funny movie. You can't go wrong with any movie featuring Merryl Streep- she just a joy to watch! I went with my husband (we're both in our late 20ies) and we both enjoyed the film. This would be a great movie to go to with parents or in-laws!

9/10

party_ola@ - 27 reviews
3.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Funny movie! Went and saw When in Rome afterward and it did not compare to It's Complicated. It was rather awkward as I was sitting next to what must have been a 60 year old woman (lol), but still, very good. Would definitely go see it again!

8/10

hossalover@ - 11 reviews
3.2.2010 - age: 18-25

An uplifting movie for the 40- or 50-something divorced woman! Streep's character is attractive and vibrant, and happily in control of her own life. Her errant scumbag of an ex ends up all alone. God, I love poetic justice!!!

8/10	janakac@ - first review 2.2.2010 - age: 50+

Very funny all around. We went with friends and really enjoy it.

9/10

jt@ - 4 reviews
2.2.2010 - age: 36-49

It's complicated is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. Every generation would enjoy the engaging performances of Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and others. I also appreciated the sensitive approach of the writer in regard to how divorce affects children. A very enjoyable and engaging movie.

9/10	artistpaula@ - first review 2.2.2010 - age: 50+

Entertaining from the start to the finish... Best suited for 40+ crowd.

7/10	kareng@ - first review 2.2.2010 - age: 50+

This is an amazing movie with depth and as real as a life situation gets. It is funny and as usual Meryl Streep is hilarious. A feel good movie that will surely have you laughing... and that is what a romantic comedy is about!

8/10

dbnicholson@ - 4 reviews
2.2.2010 - age: 26-35

Movie should have been titled "It's Pathetic". Kudos to Alec Baldwin, however, for his slow growth from a heart throb into the next William Shatner -- both these men have mastered their representations of the banality (even the innocence) of evil; that's no small feat. As for Streep, a wonderful actress, I despair when I watch her perform such a vapid character -- perhaps because she does such a good job. Her ability to play an economically entitled senior citizen still trapped in the drama of adolescence strikes terror in me, not only for women, but for the human race. When all her friends "HIgh Five" her adultery -- what does that say about humanity, that we can call that sort of thing entertainment? As a matter of record, everybody copulates, but human intimacy involves more than that -- no one seemed to notice that she was complicit with Baldwin trying to "Work things out with her" while not putting his other relationship (the fall back position?) in jeapordy. Is that so common now that it makes rational sense. I could go on and on, but let me just say this: the film is about indulgence (food and sex) It suggests that fornication, chocolate layers cakes, and marijuana -- you just can't get enough of them. All is forgivable, in this universe because one person is no better than any other. Thus, the world is a lot like junior high school, except seniors are living in it. This is not what we need to see seniors doing, even if they are doing it. Someone has to be grown up. Someone has to exercise restraint. Someone has to demonstrate wisdom cultivated over a life of joys and pains -- practical wisdom, the sort that not only knows the difference between right and wrong, but even lives that difference. The notion that this movie somehow liberates the older set by getting them into awkward copulatory circumstances is just sad. It capitulates to the notion that people need never grow up. Now someone might say that she had learned a lesson by the end of the film -- to that I would say it is a lesson she should have learned when she was about 23. Am I harder on her character than Baldwin's? Yes I believe so. This is because I believe that the Baldwin character was supposed to be a fool (like Shatner in Boston Legal) The Streep character, like the mother in the TV series BROTHERS AND SISTERS was supposed to represent a respectable human being, as far as I could tell. Well, I just couldn't respect her -- she was, like Sally Field in the TV series -- oblivious of her own sense of entitlement, surrounded by friends equally shallow who enforced this cultural frame, and unwilling, even in her late fifties, to do the hard work necessary to build a morally stable life. Why is that worth making a movie?

3/10

basil13-17@ - 5 reviews
1.2.2010 - age: 13-17 - 8 replies

I'm so sad that you interpreted Steep's character as a senior being self indulgent. I found the entire movie entertaining. Every laugh was a refection of me or someone I know in my "senior" age group. Right or wrong, many people behave this way.
ladybug_u - 2.2.2010 - age: 50+

I appreciate your response. I do think you are right -- that people do behave this way. Our culture is dominated more and more by "expressive individualism" -- the notion that life's task is to maximize self realization, around a fairly narrow collection of objectives that find their center in genital excitement. At the same time, there is a general dis-ease with respect to the notion of a life as meaningful (as a structure that has continuity across time) I certainly don't begrudge you living your lives as you see fit because the outcomes of your choices will provide lots of evidence as to whether you are making the right ones. But I do take offence at a movie that congratulates these sorts of common weaknesses (or indulegnces, depending on how you see them) as if they are non problematic -- at the very least, as if the problems they do create are eassily corrected. Often they are not. For myself, I am not looking for a "fun" life, I am looking for a meaningful life -- one that has structures that endure across time. This means I have to weigh my pleasures against my principles. If the movie were about someone taking up alcoholism, or cocaine, the impact of unrepentant pleasure would be more apparent. Finally let me repeat, I am not against fun -- I am against the notion that it trumps virtue. I certainly would not judge you or your friends. Every life has its joys and sorrows, and our choices (as well as the choices of the ones we love) play a determining role in how those joys and sorrows lay out. We make our choices, sometimes consciously, sometimes without thinking at all -- either way, they come with an outcome as well. If you can honestly claim that your choices have not brought you or others irrevocable sadness then you have every reason to reject my argument. If, on the other hand, you recognize that your choices HAVE been connected with unwarrantable sorrow, then you are a philosopher. If, finally, you have no idea what I am talking about, then you are lost. But I don't think, given what you wrote, that you are in that final category. Bhiii.
basil13-17 - 2.2.2010 - age: 13-17

U have big issues that is for sure.
jajil - 2.2.2010 - age: 26-35

There is no reason for us to debate. If you think I am wrong and "have issues" then live your life any way you want. I only ask that you do one thing: on a very, very bad day in your life, ask yourself "How did this happen? " Perhaps you will find that you were innocent. Perhaps you will find that you can affirm all the venality you enjoyed as a performer and as a spectator. And if you can affirm that choice throughout your life, then you will have won the argument. I am willing to bet that, over the next six decades, one of us is going to piddle away his life. So, having said that, go ahead -- Party on, Brohem! But on that day remember, you were warned.
basil13-17 - 3.2.2010 - age: 13-17

Very well written review, though I think your review was more about life than it was about the movie. But fair enough. Keep in mind, that just because we grow older doesn't necessarily mean we will grow infinitely wiser and no longer make mistakes. As well just because we grow older doesn't necessarily mean that we have to let the child within us die. We can remain goofballs all our lives if we wish to. Ultimately we just need to take responsibility for our actions. If we mess up, we pay the consequences. Otherwise, we're just having fun, which is not limited to children and adolescents. Check back in another 30 or 40 years and see if you still feel the same.
buckrock53 - 3.2.2010 - age: 50+

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Thank you for your courteous comments. In my critique I do not pass judgment on junior-seniors -- I attempt to pass judgment on this film as a representation of them, as well as the problems associated with such representations. Certainly older people than I agree: Plato wrote with similar concerns (althnough not limited to the elderly) in both the Statesman and the Republic, and is about 2800 -- old enough for any of us, if I am not. I agree age does not mean wisdom -- at 50 60 70 people can make mistakes, and people can get worse instead of better as they get older. Largely I don't wish to judge anyone's actions in the real world -- the consequences of human action are a sufficient judgment in themselves -- my opinion superfluous by comparison. I also don't wish junior-seniors to lose their "inner child". Children are not, however, fornicators and fun is not synonymous with adultery. Thus I can imagine a junior senior having fun without having to commit adultery, and I can imagine seniors and juniors who would reject adultery as a life choice and regret that action should they make such a social mistake. Largely throughout history fun has not been the bonnum ultimum for any age group. I can imagine, for example, that your parents might talk about such things as family obligations, communal obligations, and standards of decency and proper conduct -- these standards gauge human action from within a collective context. They presume that the individual's actions effect others. People who recognize that realize that all is not fair in the pursuit of fun at whatever age. In the film for example, the chidlren from both Baldwin's first and second family are affected by his adultery. In the real world, social research suggests that the effects are far ranging and present themselves over a lifetime. This is something a parent should conside-- weigh it against genital gratification. Of course that is not a problem in the film -- the children become the cheerleaders of the parents disloyalty to the family structure. In the conetxt of expressive indidvidualism, ideas such as "everyone makes mistakes" and "Seniors just want to have fun, like everyone else" make sense. But in a community in which people share collective responsibility for each other, the family is a real phenomenon that has moral worth and structural significance -- it is not merely a housing unit for pleasure seekers. Classically the family was the source of education, the source of emotional security, development, etc. Now, it is the launchpoint for pleasure pursuit. This movie begins with the assumption that "that's just the way it is" and most reviewers agree. I am simply saying that's the way it is for you. It's not the way it is in many places in the world and it is not the way it has been in history, and growing up does not mean learning that obligations are trumped by pleasure. You make the agreeable comment that we are all responsible for our choices and sometimes suffer even when we do our best. Ultimately then we agree, because I have no interest in condemning anyone for the choices they make. I know a man who left his wife because he had sex with a stranger while on vacation. He abandoned his children to pursue this stranger, thbis new sex partner. Doing so, he has brought sorrows into this world that will not resolve themselves completely for the next thirty years -- but, heh, what does that matter, he is having good adultery. Well, I don't buy it, but I need not condemn him. He will suffer for his choice and his ignorance -- that's what it is to face responsibilities, whether we want to or not. I do feel sorry for his wife and the children who are the victims of this infantile moral philosophy. The man is in his forties -- do you mean to tell me that, as I grow up I will mature to a point at which I understand what he has done (I think I already do) or that I will reach a point at which I might congratulate him, because if the latter I don't think that will ever happen. I pity him, and I pity the people he has hurt. The film is about this sort of thing. That's why I charaterized it as pathetic. I wish more reviewers talked about the problematic adultery in the film -- no one seems to notice it. That scares me.
basil13-17 - 3.2.2010 - age: 13-17

I applaud your review! You're so young and yet you gave a very realistic analysis of the movie that sadly reflects today's society esp. In this part of the world! I think this kind of life is becoming so common that people are having a hard time trying to see the difference between indulgences and growing up! When one is blinded, it's quite difficult to choose the right path...
margchris - 21.4.2010

Thanks for the kind words. In a book called Habits of the Heart, Robert Bellah characterizes this issue as the problem of expressive individualism -- the unrelentent assumption that the world exists for my pleasure and greater glory. Too bad really, there is always a price to be paid when this sort of thing happens in real life, I agree with you.
basil13-17 - 28.4.2010 - age: 13-17

Meryl Streep can do it all!! In this movie she can play it totally straight, go for the laughs or tug at the heart strings. Alec Baldwin surprised me. His character was a bit of a louse, but he was still able to make the his character as sympathetic as well as pathetic. Hey it's not easy growing old. Steve Martin in a serious role still managed to get rib busting laughs during a party scene with Streep without going over the top. Both my wife and I loved the movie - a romantic comedy that's not too mushy.

8/10

alangeewhiz@ - 3 reviews
1.2.2010 - age: 50+

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