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''Stuck in Love'' is a 2012 American romantic {{dramedy}} film starring Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/NatWolff, and Creator/KristenBell.
The film focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents' divorce. Bill (Kinnear) is a successful writer, and his children, Samantha (Collins) and Rusty (Wolff), both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Meanwhile, Erica (Connelly) is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis (Lerman).
The directorial debut for Creator/JoshBoone, who also wrote the screenplay.
The film focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents' divorce. Bill (Kinnear) is a successful writer, and his children, Samantha (Collins) and Rusty (Wolff), both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Meanwhile, Erica (Connelly) is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis (Lerman).
The directorial debut for Creator/JoshBoone, who also wrote the screenplay.
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->''"I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark."''
-->-- The closing words of '''Raymond Carver'''[='=]s ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Love'', quoted several times in the film
''Stuck in Love'' is a 2012 American romantic {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Creator/JoshBoone in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/NatWolff, and Creator/KristenBell.
The film focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents' divorce. Bill (Kinnear) is a successful writer, and his children, Samantha (Collins) and Rusty (Wolff), both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Meanwhile, Erica (Connelly) is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis(Lerman).
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Thedirectorial debut for Creator/JoshBoone, who also wrote film premiered on September 9, 2012 at Toronto International Film Festival, and later had a limited theatrical release in the screenplay.
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-->-- The closing words of '''Raymond Carver'''[='=]s ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Love'', quoted several times in the film
''Stuck in Love'' is a 2012 American romantic {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Creator/JoshBoone in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/NatWolff, and Creator/KristenBell.
The film focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents' divorce. Bill (Kinnear) is a successful writer, and his children, Samantha (Collins) and Rusty (Wolff), both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Meanwhile, Erica (Connelly) is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis
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''Stuck in Love'' is a 2012 American romantic {{Dramedy}} - starring Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/NatWolff and Creator/KristenBell. It focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents' divorce. Bill is a successful writer - and his children, Samantha and Rusty, both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Erica is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis.
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* TroubledButCute: Kate, Rusty's crush and eventual girlfriend.
* YourCheatingHeart: Erica cheats on Bill with her now boyfriend - during Samantha's birthday party. Tricia cheats on her husband with Bill. [[spoiler: Bill also cheated on Erica before their eventual separation.]]girlfriend.
* YourCheatingHeart: Erica cheats on Bill with her now boyfriend - during Samantha's birthday party. Tricia cheats on her husband with Bill. [[spoiler: Bill also cheated on Erica before their eventual separation.]]
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''Stuck in Love'' is a 2012 American romantic {{Dramedy}} - starring Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/NatWolff and Creator/KristenBell. It focuses on the somewhat dysfunctional Borgens family in the wake of the parents parents' divorce. Bill is a successful writer - and his children, Samantha and Rusty, both seem to walk in his professional footsteps. Erica is attempting to reconnect with Samantha, who is reluctantly falling for a fellow writer and student, Louis.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Sam, especially towards Louis [[Spoiler: but [[Spoiler:(but eventually also towards toward her mother.mother).]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: Mostly Rusty, but Louis and even Bill have their moments.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted twice. Both Samantha and Kate end up breaking their previous pattern with Louis and Rusty, respectively.
* AllWomenAreLustful: almost every sexual encounter seen or mentioned in the film is initiated by the woman.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Samantha, though it seems at least some of it is an act.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Rusty and Samantha are quite close, but it's clear that Rusty feels somewhat threatened by her literary success at a young age.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: inverted with gentle Rusty and brooding Kate.
* CoolBigSis: Sam encourages Rusty to have sex and enjoy some weed.
* CommonalityConnection: even though Sam is quite mean to Louis at first, they eventually bond over their taste in literature.
* DaddysGirl: Sam is a chip off the old block (though she does have a StrongFamilyResemblance to her mother).
* DeadpanSnarker: Samantha and Tricia.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sam, especially towards Louis [[Spoiler: but eventually also towards her mother.]]
* DivorceIsTemporary: Bill hopes so, and keeps waiting for Erica to come back. [[spoiler: she eventually does.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Rusty for Kate, Louis for Samantha. Also, to a certain extent, Bill for Erica [[spoiler: though some would argue he is really not that nice, having cheated on Erica.]]
* EthicalSlut: Samantha. She - and her father, both attribute her panache for one night stands as living a full life worth writing about.
* GeniusBookClub: Somewhat enforced in the Borgens family.
* GoodBadGirl: Kate, the HardDrinkingPartyGirl with a heart of gold.
* MostWritersAreWriters: A severe case - most of the characters in the film are writers.
* ParentalHypocrisy: inverted. Samantha is extremely judgmental of her mother's romantic choices, though she herself has very distinct issues in that department. Fittingly, [[spoiler: as she lowers her guard and grows closer to Louis, she allows herself to eventually reconnect with her mother.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Sam is really rooting for Kate and Rusty.
* TomboyishNickname: most people call Samantha Sam, which fits her {{Ladette}} persona.
* TroubledButCute: Kate, Rusty's crush and eventual girlfriend.
* YourCheatingHeart: Erica cheats on Bill with her now boyfriend - during Samantha's birthday party. Tricia cheats on her husband with Bill. [[spoiler: and Bill cheated on Erica before their eventual separation.]]
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Mostly Rusty, but Louis and even Bill have their moments.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted twice. Both Samantha and Kate end up breaking their previous pattern with Louis and Rusty, respectively.
* AllWomenAreLustful: almost every sexual encounter seen or mentioned in the film is initiated by the woman.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Samantha, though it seems at least some of it is an act.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Rusty and Samantha are quite close, but it's clear that Rusty feels somewhat threatened by her literary success at a young age.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: inverted with gentle Rusty and brooding Kate.
* CoolBigSis: Sam encourages Rusty to have sex and enjoy some weed.
* CommonalityConnection: even though Sam is quite mean to Louis at first, they eventually bond over their taste in literature.
* DaddysGirl: Sam is a chip off the old block (though she does have a StrongFamilyResemblance to her mother).
* DeadpanSnarker: Samantha and Tricia.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sam, especially towards Louis [[Spoiler: but eventually also towards her mother.]]
* DivorceIsTemporary: Bill hopes so, and keeps waiting for Erica to come back. [[spoiler: she eventually does.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Rusty for Kate, Louis for Samantha. Also, to a certain extent, Bill for Erica [[spoiler: though some would argue he is really not that nice, having cheated on Erica.]]
* EthicalSlut: Samantha. She - and her father, both attribute her panache for one night stands as living a full life worth writing about.
* GeniusBookClub: Somewhat enforced in the Borgens family.
* GoodBadGirl: Kate, the HardDrinkingPartyGirl with a heart of gold.
* MostWritersAreWriters: A severe case - most of the characters in the film are writers.
* ParentalHypocrisy: inverted. Samantha is extremely judgmental of her mother's romantic choices, though she herself has very distinct issues in that department. Fittingly, [[spoiler: as she lowers her guard and grows closer to Louis, she allows herself to eventually reconnect with her mother.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Sam is really rooting for Kate and Rusty.
* TomboyishNickname: most people call Samantha Sam, which fits her {{Ladette}} persona.
* TroubledButCute: Kate, Rusty's crush and eventual girlfriend.
* YourCheatingHeart: Erica cheats on Bill with her now boyfriend - during Samantha's birthday party. Tricia cheats on her husband with Bill. [[spoiler: and Bill cheated on Erica before their eventual separation.]]
