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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. Adam Scott and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Creator/ChrisODowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012romantic comedy. Adam Scott RomanticComedy film written by, directed by, and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as starring Creator/JenniferWestfeldt.
Julie and Jason (Westfeldt andJulie, Creator/AdamScott) are two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. platonic friends living in the same building. After observing their other close friends (Missy friend couples, Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig Ben (Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, Creator/JonHamm) and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph Alex (Creator/MayaRudolph and Creator/ChrisODowd) Creator/ChrisODowd), pair off and have kids, Julie and Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy joys of parenthood without the complications of relationships. being in a relationship. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.ensue.
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* ChildHater: Mary Jane (Megan Fox) is this, leading to the end of her relationship with Jason.
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* ChildHater: Mary Jane (Megan Fox) (Creator/MeganFox) is this, leading to the end of her relationship with Jason.
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* TestingTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.
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* TestingTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.it.
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* PlatonicCoParenting: The entire plot is Jason and Julie deciding to do this; they're best friends and on the same page about most things, and they both want a kid, so why not have one together without that pesky relationship business? Other people think it's weird, but they actually do a pretty good job. [[spoiler:And wind up falling in love anyway.]]
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. Adam Scott and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Crestor/ChrisODowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. Adam Scott and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Crestor/ChrisODowd) Creator/ChrisODowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. Adam Scott and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. Adam Scott and writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) Crestor/ChrisODowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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* TheMatchmaker: played with. Leslie appears to this Jason and Julie would make a good couple, but she doesn't do anything to actively bring it about, and throughout the film introduces Julie to various men including [[main/NoodleIncident a convict]] and the main RomanticFalseLead.
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* TheMatchmaker: played with. Leslie appears to this Jason and Julie would make a good couple, but she doesn't do anything to actively bring it about, and throughout the film introduces Julie to various men including [[main/NoodleIncident [[NoodleIncident a convict]] and the main RomanticFalseLead.
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* TheMatchmaker: played with. Leslie appears to this Jason and Julie would make a good couple, but she doesn't do anything to actively bring it about, and throughout the film introduces Julie to various men including [[main/NoodleIncident a convict]] and the main RomanticFalseLead.
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* ShippersOnDeck: Leslie. Alex by extension. Arguably Joe too, by the end.
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* ShippersOnDeck: Leslie. Alex by extension. Arguably Joe too, by the end.
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* OffscreenBreakup: Most of them.
* ParentsAsPeople: Especially Ben and Missy, but the whole film spends a lot of time discussing the struggle it is to have kids and make a marriage work.
* ParentsAsPeople: Especially Ben and Missy, but the whole film spends a lot of time discussing the struggle it is to have kids and make a marriage work.
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* MrNiceGuy: Kurt, who appears to have zero flaws. It doesn't even seem to bother him when Jason goes on a long rant about how much he loves Julie (in theory, platonically, but even so) at a New Years dinner.
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* MrNiceGuy: NiceGuy: Kurt, who appears to have zero flaws. It doesn't even seem to bother him when Jason goes on a long rant about how much he loves Julie (in theory, platonically, but even so) at a New Years dinner.
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** to be fair, her reasons for not wanting children herself (she travels a lot for work, etc) seem fair enough, but her only interactions with children are characterised by boredom or disgust; so it was clear she would never be interested in playing a part in Joe's upbringing.
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* BetaCouple: Leslie and Alex (Rudolph and O'Dowd) have their moments of stress, but their marriage seems both generally normal and generally happy, in stark contrast to Missy and Ben's (Wiig and Hamm) [[spoiler:disastrous]] marriage and Jason and Julie's unusual approach.
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* RomanticFalseLead: One for each of the principals, in the form of MeganFox and Ed Burns.
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* RomanticFalseLead: One for each of the principals, in the form of MeganFox Creator/MeganFox and Ed Burns.
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* TestTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.
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* TestTheLoveInterest: TestingTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.
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* SeasonalBaggage: A fade from Central Park in springtime to the same shot of Central Park in fall.
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* SeasonalBaggage: A fade from Central Park in springtime to the same shot of Central Park in fall.fall.
* TestTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.
* TestTheLoveInterest: Julie does this to Kurt by asking him the kind of morbid hypothetical that she discusses with Jason (whether he'd rather die from an aneurysm or cancer). He doesn't enjoy or understand it.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. AdamScott and writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. AdamScott Adam Scott and writer/director writer / director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by Creator/KristenWiig and JonHamm, Creator/JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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* FakeAmerican: Irishman Chris O'Dowd.
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* ProductionPosse: Rudolph, Hamm, O'Dowd and Wiig all starred together in ''{{Bridesmaids}}''.
* RealLifeRelative: Hamm and Westfeldt have been in a committed long-term relationship since 1997.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. AdamScott and writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by KristenWiig Creator/KristenWiig and JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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* RealLifeRelative: Hamm and Westfeldt are married.
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* RealLifeRelative: Hamm and Westfeldt are married.
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* RightThroughTheWall: Jason and Mary Jane are rather loud when having sex at the cabin in Vermont, much to the displeasure of Julie and Kurt.
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* PickUpBabesWithBabes: Jason does this in Central Park when he spots Mary Jane while out on a walk with the baby. It works.
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* ProductionPosse: Rudolph, Hamm, and Wiig all starred together in ''{{Bridesmaids}}''.
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* BigApplesauceBigApplesauce: Well, who makes a romantic comedy about two people falling in love in Boise, Idaho?
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* SeasonalBaggage: A fade from Central Park in springtime to the same shot of Central Park in fall.
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* ProductionPosse: Rudolph, Hamm, and Wiig all starred together in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.
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''Friends with Kids'' is a 2012 romantic comedy. AdamScott and writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt star as Jason and Julie, two single Manhattan yuppies and longtime friends. After observing their other close friends (Missy and Ben, played by KristenWiig and JonHamm, and Leslie and Alex, played by Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd) pair off and have kids, Jason and Julie decide to conceive a child together so they can experience the joy of parenthood without the complications of relationships. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], complications ensue.
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* ACupAngst / BuxomIsBetter: Jason is straightforward in believing the latter. Julie suffers from the former, worrying that he won't get excited when it's time to conceive and later crying that that's why he doesn't love her.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Two, from different characters, at different times.
* BigApplesauce
* ChildHater: Mary Jane (Megan Fox) is this, leading to the end of her relationship with Jason.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Their friends are astonished when they find out that Jason and Julie aren't getting together.
* FalseRomanticLead: One for each of the principals, in the form of MeganFox and Ed Burns.
* FriendsRentControl: There is a HandWave about Julie's apartment being rent-controlled.
* ProductionPosse: Rudolph, Hamm, and Wiig all starred together in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Jason when Julie wants more.
* InelegantBlubbering: Julie after Jason turns her down.
* RealLifeRelative: Hamm and Westfeldt are married.
* RomanticComedy
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!!This work provides examples of:
* ACupAngst / BuxomIsBetter: Jason is straightforward in believing the latter. Julie suffers from the former, worrying that he won't get excited when it's time to conceive and later crying that that's why he doesn't love her.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Two, from different characters, at different times.
* BigApplesauce
* ChildHater: Mary Jane (Megan Fox) is this, leading to the end of her relationship with Jason.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Their friends are astonished when they find out that Jason and Julie aren't getting together.
* FalseRomanticLead: One for each of the principals, in the form of MeganFox and Ed Burns.
* FriendsRentControl: There is a HandWave about Julie's apartment being rent-controlled.
* ProductionPosse: Rudolph, Hamm, and Wiig all starred together in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Jason when Julie wants more.
* InelegantBlubbering: Julie after Jason turns her down.
* RealLifeRelative: Hamm and Westfeldt are married.
* RomanticComedy
