History Film / CrazyStupidLove

* LoveDodecahedron: Robbie has a thing for his babysitter Jessica who has a crush on Robbie's father Cal who is going through a ''really'' rocky relationship with Emily, who had a one-night stand with David but is also the mother of Hannah, who's the girlfriend of Jacob, who teaches Cal how to "regain his manlihood," which allows him to pick up multiple women, one of whom turns out to be his son Robbie's teacher, etc.

Cal Weaver (Creator/SteveCarell) is living the dream - he's got a good job, nice house, and great kids. Cal gets the surprise of his life when he learns his wife Emily (Creator/JulianneMoore) has been cheating on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen (KevinBacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins grieving at a bar night after night talking to himself about his situation where he meets a young man named Jacob Palmer (RyanGosling). Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although he does take a particular interest in a young woman named Hannah (EmmaStone), the only woman to resist his advances. Not wanting to watch Cal keep draining his sorrows night after night, Jacob agrees to teach him his trade so that he can have the confidence to earn Emily back. Because Emily is the only woman Cal has even been with, Cal doesn't have much experience, so Jacob gives Cal a makeover and has him watch his tricks at the bar.

* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: We later learn that Emily had Hannah when she was 17.]]
* TheReveal:
** MarisaTomei's character is [[spoiler: Robbie's teacher.]]
** Hannah is [[spoiler: Cal and Emily's daughter.]]

* TeenPregnancy: Played with. Emily is in her mid forties. She states that she got married very young implying this trope. It is a bit puzzling, as her children are fairly small (13 and below 10). [[spoiler: We later learn that she is the mother of a 27 year old (Hannah) whom she had when she was a teenager]].

* BrokenAesop: Apparently practically stalking a girl, publicly humiliating her at her school, and repeatedly ignoring her pleas to stop contacting her because you are making her uncomfortable will get you, not a restraining order, but [[spoiler: nudes.]]

** Subverted. Jessica suffers Robbie because she knows he's 13 and doesn't know better. In fact she considers him sweet, but severely misguided.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Played with. Emily is in her mid forties. She states that she got married very young implying this trope. It is a bit puzzling, as her children are fairly small (13 and below 10). [[spoiler: We later learn that she is the mother of a 27 year old (Hannah) whom she had when she was a teenager]].

** He also bears a passing resemblance to [[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]].

* BillingDisplacement: Analeigh Tipton has a bigger part than MarisaTomei, guess which one is on the poster...

* ActorAllusion: Annaleigh Tipton [[Series/AmericasNextTopModel posing while getting photographed]].
* AllStarCast: Creator/SteveCarell. Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/JulianneMoore.

* DawsonCasting: 22-year old Analeigh Tipton as 17/18 year old Jessica. Not as bad as other examples, but still there.
** Madison, the blonde girl with the "huge rack" whom Jessica solicits for advice was played by 23 year old Julianna Guill. The character was supposed to be 17 or 18 at most.
** Inverted by 22 year old EmmaStone as 27 year old Hannah.

* AllStarCast: Creator/SteveCarell. Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/JulianneMoore. Although, admittedly, neither Stone nor to a lesser extent, Gosling, were big name stars then.

Cal Weaver (Creator/SteveCarell) is living the dream - he's got a good job, nice house, and great kids. Cal gets the surprise of his life when he learns his wife Emily (JulianneMoore) has been cheating on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen (KevinBacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins grieving at a bar night after night talking to himself about his situation where he meets a young man named Jacob Palmer (RyanGosling). Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although he does take a particular interest in a young woman named Hannah (EmmaStone), the only woman to resist his advances. Not wanting to watch Cal keep draining his sorrows night after night, Jacob agrees to teach him his trade so that he can have the confidence to earn Emily back. Because Emily is the only woman Cal has even been with, Cal doesn't have much experience, so Jacob gives Cal a makeover and has him watch his tricks at the bar.

* AllStarCast: Creator/SteveCarell. KevinBacon, RyanGosling, MarisaTomei, EmmaStone, JulianneMoore. Although, admittedly, neither Stone nor to a lesser extent, Gosling, were big name stars then.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Robbie to Jessica, mainly because he's 13 and he hounds her all over town explaining why she should go out with him after she catches him masterbating to her image. [[spoiler: Suberted at the end when she takes pity on him and gives him her nudes.]]

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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: All of the characters end up connected in various ways. The biggest is that [[spoiler: Hannah is Cal's daughter]] but is is also significant that Cal sleeps with [[spoiler: Robbie's teacher]]

Cal Weaver (SteveCarell) is living the dream - he's got a good job, nice house, and great kids. Cal gets the surprise of his life when he learns his wife Emily (JulianneMoore) has been cheating on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen (KevinBacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins grieving at a bar night after night talking to himself about his situation where he meets a young man named Jacob Palmer (RyanGosling). Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although he does take a particular interest in a young woman named Hannah (EmmaStone), the only woman to resist his advances. Not wanting to watch Cal keep draining his sorrows night after night, Jacob agrees to teach him his trade so that he can have the confidence to earn Emily back. Because Emily is the only woman Cal has even been with, Cal doesn't have much experience, so Jacob gives Cal a makeover and has him watch his tricks at the bar.

* AllStarCast: SteveCarell. KevinBacon, RyanGosling, MarisaTomei, EmmaStone, JulianneMoore. Although, admittedly, neither Stone nor to a lesser extent, Gosling, were big name stars then.

* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted; characters trip over their own tongues, repeat words, have awkward pauses in the middle of or between sentences, interrupt each other or don't finish their thoughts. This seems to be common in Steve Carrell films.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the scene where Robbie is at his mother's office, there are two picture frames. One is a photo of Emily and Cal, while the other is a picture of a baby girl who appears to be Cutie... except it seems to look ''very old'' to be taken even in TheNineties and she obviously wasn't even born in that decade yet.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the office scene where Robbie is at his mother's office, there are two picture frames. One is a photo of Emily and Cal, while the other is a picture of a baby girl. The picture of the baby girl appears to be Cutie... except it seems to look ''very old'' to be taken even in TheNineties and she obviously wasn't even born in that decade yet.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the office scene where Robbie is at his mother's office, there are two picture frames. One is a photo of Emily and Cal, while the other is a picture of a baby girl. The picture of the baby girl appears to be Madison... except it seems to look ''very old'' to be taken even in TheNineties and she obviously wasn't even born in that decade yet.

-->'''Cal:''' "Ok, it bothers me."

* RomanticFalseLead: David

* LikesOlderWomen: 13-year-old Robbie's crush on 17-year-old Jessica.

-->"''Fuck!'' It's like you're ''Photoshopped!''"

* LadykillerInLove: Jacob for Hannah.

* AllStarCast: SteveCarell. KevinBacon, RyanGosling, MarisaTomei, EmmaStone, JulianneMoore. Although, admittedly, nither Stone nor to a lesser extent, Gosling, were big name stars then.