They Came Together (2014)

Release date: 2014-09-05
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: David Wain
Production Co: Lionsgate
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 5.5/10
Length: 1h 23min

Storyline

In New York City, couple Joel and Molly are having dinner with their couple friends, Kyle and Karen. In the general discussion of their respective relationships and how they met, Joel and Molly, in telling their story, say that it is exactly like a corny romantic comedy. The story they end up telling not only has every romantic comedy cliché thrown in, but it is told in the style of a romantic comedy, complete with crazy characters who should be smarter to figure out a smoother path to a happy ending for Joel and Molly. But that one romantic comedy element that is the big payoff may not be reality, or perhaps it is.

Plot Keywords

spoof, cliche, racial stereotype, candy store, concealed nudity, racism, new york city, halloween party, halloween, cheating, corporation, flashback, chance meeting, shower, singing in the shower, falling down stairs, pet dog, dog, scene before opening credits, repeated dialogue

Short Review

Rom-com tropes like the ''meet-cute'' are so tired that you can't just spoof them -- you have to spoof the spoofs, which this winking David Wain-Michael Showalter parody mostly succeeds at doing.