Taking a page from recent romantic comedies like No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits that look at unconventional modern relationships, Celeste And Jesse Forever starts off with a juicy premise but ends up coasting on the strength of its two likeable leads. Director Lee Toland Krieger does a decent job of walking a fine line between the bittersweet and the funny.
In the Premieres section at Sundance, Celeste And Jesse Forever seems well-positioned for the indie date-night market. Despite the lack of major marquee names, Jones, Samberg and co-stars Emma Roberts and Elijah Wood would seem to be sufficient to attract audiences, especially domestically. Close friends since grade school, they married for six years before recently separating. Like No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits , Celeste And Jesse Forever tries to rewrite the romantic-comedy conventions by looking at a relationship that falls outside the usual Hollywood parameters.
By no means raucous like Bridesmaids or the Hangover films, Celeste And Jesse Forever is consistently amusing without ever being truly uproarious. Consequently, the film is mostly sweet and pleasant, its investigations into matters of the heart engaging, if not particularly poignant. Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry. Subscribe now for monthly editions, awards season weeklies, access to the Screen International archive and supplements including Stars of Tomorrow and World of Locations.
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