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[edit] "Best romantic comedy since Annie Hall."
For any Annie Hall fans offended by that tag in the commercials for the new film, "Definitely, Maybe," here's a link to the article in the Times in London that actually launched this marketing line: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3278101.ece
It's important to note that the line, "it's the best rom-com since Annie Hall," was actually written by the newpaper's headline writer, not the reviewer (I'm a journalist; papers seldom go with the author's own headlines). Nowhere in the article itself, which actually bemoans the lack of intelligent romantic comedies in recent years, does the writer make any direct statement about "Definitely, Maybe" being on par with "Annie Hall." For those without enough time to read the whole piece, here's the sentence the headline writer picked up on: "What was the last truly great romantic comedy? Woody Allen's Annie Hall, in 1977. The Meg Ryan years produced a few little gems - When Harry Met Sally (1989) and the defiantly odd Joe versus the Volcano (1990). But they will always be guilty pleasures compared with Annie Hall's neurotic brilliance." The piece goes back further, to salute the older screwball comedies of Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Preston Sturges, then looks at modern comedies attempting to break out from the formula of bad chick-flicks, mentioning "Definitely, Maybe" as one cause for optimism. But the article also mentions "Juno" and even Judd Apatow's comedies. This film is only mentioned as a step in the right direction, not the greatest thing since Annie and Alvie. So . . . yeah. La-di-da. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fishcough (talk • contribs) 15:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
