Julia Robert Reveals Why She Stopped Doing Romantic Comedies

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Julia Roberts Says She 'Would Do' More Romantic Comedies but Nothing Is 'Good Enough' https://t.co/sXXWrldabD
- People (@people) April 19, 2022
Julia Roberts revealed that she stopped doing romantic comedies, because the scripts weren’t good enough

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[therearewords]

She's not wrong. But that summary plus George doesn't sound good either.

[gloeden2]

When I saw "Ol Parker", I thought she was using a term of endearment, like " That ol' Parker Is such a dear." kind of thing. My mistake.

[chllschse]

He’s Thandiwe Newton’s soon to be ex and a screenwriter director. He actually has an interesting filmography. He wrote and directed Imagine Me and You, which is one of my faves but a lot of people get him confused with Oliver Parker, another screenwriter director….

[likeanunmadebed]

I guess she's got a point. I also think we don't see much of those late 90s/early 2000s type movies because everything is a fucking sequel or superhero movie, and therefore a little romcom is never gonna make $$$.

[angriest_girl]

You never see those 90s women movies anymore either - a few years back my daughter and I got in the habit of watching one every Sunday night because I wanted her to see all these chick-filled movies and they’re so good. Stuff like A League Of Their Own, Boys On The Side, Waiting To Exhale, Steel Magnolias, How To Make An American Quilt, The Joy Luck Club, etc. etc.

[mayjailer]

that sounds like such a lovely tradition

[caramelaffair]

Agreed. Everything these days is either a shitty remake or a remake of a remake or just something very formulaic that tries to capture the "magic," of past great movies but fails to do so.

90s movies were truly some top tier shit that jut can't be replicated

[mad_devilry]

I agree a lot of the recent ones are lacking except for maybe some of the Netflix releases before and during the pandemic.

I finally watched My Best Friend's Wedding. I surprisingly have never come across it or been spoiled so it was unexpected lol.

[amor143x]

That’s amazing you’ve never been spoiled lol especially with amount of times “the real villain of MBFW is Michael” gets said around here. I swear it gets brought up on ONTD at least once a month haha

[moddchicc]

She also aged out of the genre. Most romcoms from her generation were about 20-30-year-olds, and modern romcoms are hard to find these days.

ETA: Kind of on topic, but I was (pleasantly) surprised when I saw an interview where Joachim Trier mentioned the 'frozen in time' sequence in Worst Person in the World was partially inspired by the scene in Notting Hill where Will 'walks' through all four seasons.

[bellwetherr]

the lost city was so fun and sandra is 57

[moddchicc]

Sandy seems to be the exception of that rule, but I also considered The Lost City more of a comedic action-adventure than a straight forward romcom

[bellwetherr]

lol that film was written by a romance fan though - like every trope and beat in typical romance was hit in that film. it was a romantic comedy all the way.