Movie Reviews

Film and television reviewed the way I’d want to read them — with a rating that means something, an honest accounting of what works and what doesn’t, and craft notes for writers who want to understand how the machinery operates.

Each review includes a craft notes section for writers — specific observations about structure, character, world-building, and what the film does that you can actually use. Not theory. Technique you can steal.

Romantic Comedy (14)

Annie hall 1977 reviewMay 19, 2026

Annie Hall (1977)

Woody Allen's 1977 romantic comedy. Diane Keaton title role. Won Best Picture against Star Wars. Defined modern romantic comedy.

Bad teacher 2011 reviewMay 16, 2026

Bad Teacher (2011)

Bad Teacher is the R-rated comedy where Cameron Diaz plays a public middle school teacher who hates her students. Jake Kasdan directed. Lee Eisenberg and...

Bull durham 1988 reviewMay 19, 2026

Bull Durham (1988)

Ron Shelton's 1988 minor league baseball comedy. Costner, Sarandon, Robbins. The rare sports film that captures the actual sport's culture.

Clueless 1995 reviewMay 19, 2026

Clueless (1995)

Amy Heckerling's 1995 Beverly Hills Emma adaptation. Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd debut. As if. Whatever. Defined 1990s teen aesthetic.

Freaky friday reviewMay 16, 2026

Freaky Friday (1976, 2003, 2018, 2025)

Freaky Friday is the body-swap premise Disney has now adapted four times across nearly fifty years. Mary Rodgers wrote the 1972 novel. Gary Nelson...

Friends with benefits 2011 reviewMay 16, 2026

Friends with Benefits (2011)

Friends with Benefits is one of two romantic comedies released in 2011 with the same premise. Will Gluck directed it. Mila Kunis plays Jamie, a corporate...

Hes all that reviewMay 16, 2026

He’s All That (2021)

Mark Waters's 2021 Netflix gender-flipped remake of She's All That. Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework.

Legally blonde 2001 reviewMay 16, 2026

Legally Blonde (2001)

Legally Blonde is one of the best comedies of the early 2000s and the film that defined Reese Witherspoon's career for the next decade. Robert Luketic...

Miss congeniality 2000 reviewMay 16, 2026

Miss Congeniality (2000)

Miss Congeniality is the Sandra Bullock comedy where she plays an FBI agent who has to go undercover in a beauty pageant. Donald Petrie directed. Marc...

Overboard reviewMay 16, 2026

Overboard (1987 and 2018)

Overboard is one of the strangest romantic comedies ever made and one of the most popular. Garry Marshall directed the 1987 original. Goldie Hawn plays...

Roman holiday 1953 reviewMay 19, 2026

Roman Holiday (1953)

William Wyler's 1953 Rome romance. Audrey Hepburn debut and Oscar. Gregory Peck. Vespa rides, ice cream, journalistic ethics.

Shes out of my league 2010 reviewMay 16, 2026

She’s Out of My League (2010)

She's Out of My League is a Pittsburgh-set romantic comedy that does the rare honest work of confronting its premise rather than dancing around it. Jim...

The bounty hunter 2010 reviewMay 16, 2026

The Bounty Hunter (2010)

The Bounty Hunter is a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler that everyone involved hoped would land more cleanly than it did. Andy...

The proposal 2009 reviewMay 16, 2026

The Proposal (2009)

The Proposal is the best Sandra Bullock romantic comedy of her late career and one of the most commercially successful rom-coms of its decade. Anne...

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