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Which New Movie Will You See This Weekend?

1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

This year, Christmas offers some starry gifts for moviegoers - an array of movies in all genres. But which flick will you be lining up for? Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Fergie sing, dance and vamp through the musical Nine. Robert Downey Jr. teams up with Jude Law and Rachel McAdams in Guy Ritchie's action-adventure take on the classic Sherlock Holmes. If sci-fi is your genre of choice - and blizzards or crowds deterred you last weekend - there's another chance to see James Cameron's box office-topping Avatar. (And it's in 3-D!) Meanwhile, George Clooney plays »

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Review: It's Complicated

2 hours ago | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »

Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, The Holiday) brings another romantic comedy to the screen with It's Complicated featuring veteran actors Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. This film about love and divorce puts a spin on the Other Woman story, and will leave most older women either shaking their head in disbelief or hopeful for re-kindled love. 

Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, and ten years after their divorce is on amicable terms with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). He is remarried to Agness (Lake Bell), a much younger woman who had been Jake's mistress. Jane has hit her stride as owner of a bakery/cafe, and looking to expand the house she'd moved into after the divorce.

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- Debbie Cerda

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Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin Shine in ‘It’s Complicated’

3 hours ago | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Referring to her new film, “It’s Complicated,” Meryl Steep recently said, “It’s incredible, I’m playing the romantic lead in romantic comedies. Bette Davis is rolling over in her grave.” Tell Kate Hepburn the news.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Streep, our acknowledged greatest American actress, knocks it out of the part with this comedy, a farce as much about the strangeness of our social structure than as a vehicle for the hot middle age warriors of Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Streep portrays Jane, a bakery entrepreneur who has been divorced for 10 years from Jake (Alec Baldwin), who cheated on her with a younger woman who eventually became his second wife. When her son graduates from college, the family gathers together, but Jake isn’t with his new wife and child. A drunken reunion between the two ex-spouses leads into a bedroom liason, and suddenly this separation has sprung a leak. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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It’s Complicated

3 hours ago | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

It’s Complicated

Directed by: Nancy Meyers

Cast: Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski

Running Time: (approx time, such as 1 hr 35 mins, 2 hrs 15 mins)

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: December 25, 2009

Plot: Jane (Streep) is finally getting over her divorce a decade ago from Jake (Baldwin) when suddenly they find another spark. Now she must try to balance her family, her ex, and a potential new boyfriend (Martin).

Who’S It For? Divorced women who are longing to be with a man.

Expectations: Great cast. Streep does nothing wrong lately. I even liked Mama Mia! Yes, I’m as shocked as you are. So I was ready for a fun relationship ride with It’s Complicated.

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Meryl Streep as Jane: Ok … she can do wrong. It is still possible. There is something very agonizing about this performance. Jane runs an insanely successful bakery, has raised three great kids, »

- Jeff Bayer

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Movie Review: It's Complicated (2009)

4 hours ago | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated

Photo: Universal Pictures In my book Nancy Meyers is more hit than miss. Of her five directorial outings I have only missed The Parent Trap and would say Something's Gotta Give is the one I liked the least out of the bunch and I still liked that one. I particularly enjoyed The Holiday and What Women Want is a satisfying diversion. That said, I enjoyed It's Complicated more than all of them. Meryl Streep continually proves she is to never be doubted and Alec Baldwin carries over his award-winning "30 Rock" persona to feature film with absolute ease. Baldwin and Streep play off each other as if they had been doing it for years.

At the center of the story is Jane (Streep) a divorced mother of three with a highly successful Santa Barbara bakery. Jake (Baldwin) is her lawyer ex-husband who is »

- Brad Brevet

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It's Complicated - Movie Review

5 hours ago | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin do their best with ho hum material in this throw back to the 30.s. It concerns the very rich living in gorgeous homes whining about their love lives. As in the 30.s, such a privileged cinematic world represents escape from the crushingly bad economic tone of the current times. So It.s Complicated is both lovely and super annoying. Streep does Harlequin Lite as Jane, divorced twenty years from Jake (Baldwin) and yet still sensitive to the presence of his hot young wife (Lake Bell) and unable to make a move in her own dating department. As she tells it, she is happy, used to being alone and beyond romance. She has her »

- Anne Brodie

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Theatrical Review: It’S Complicated

10 hours ago | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »

Rating: 5/10

Writer:: Nancy Meyers

Director: Nancy Meyers

Cast: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell

Studio: Universal Pictures

Perhaps when I am a post-menopausal divorcee, I will revisit It’S Complicated and find more to be appreciated.   Maybe then I will have experienced the successes of Meryl Streep’s Jane and can understand that a successful business, well-adjusted and accomplished children, a beautiful home, and supportive friends are not enough to make one happy.  Not if there are two would-be suitors pursuing you.   It’S Complicated offers a self-satisfying look into the life of a middle-aged woman and though the central theme is a clever one, this film has limited appeal.

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- Ronnita Miller

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It’S Complicated Review

12 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

All actresses should aspire to not only have Meryl Streep’s immeasurable talent, but her unstoppable career.  Perhaps it’s her ability to play almost any role that elevates Streep as the exception to the rule of actresses’ struggling to remain relevant once they cross forty.  It’s a cruel reality for actresses in Hollywood but Streep carries herself and her career like a woman a third her age.  It’s with this in mind that she can play a woman defying the stereotype of the asexual post-menopausal woman by reigniting her sexuality in Nancy Meyer’s highly enjoyable new film, It’s Complicated.  And while Streep is unsurprisingly fantastic, the best reason to see It’s Complicated is to watch Alec Baldwin give a performance that will give you another reason to lament his retirement from acting in 2012.  Throw in Steve Martin playing a real character rather a cringe-worthy »

- Matt Goldberg

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Review: It’s Complicated

16 hours ago | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

First thing’s first: Nancy Meyers’ It’s Complicated is a perfectly acceptable, functional chick flick. It fires on all cylinders on that level, and will make serious money because of it. On a superficial level, it seems to hit all the right beats, sing the right tunes, and get the job done.

But that goes for most disposable romantic comedies. Dig a little bit deeper, and the house of cards falls apart, on a filmmaking and storytelling level.

Granted, I’m not an ideal audience member. As a young unmarried man who has fortunately never gone through the stinging pain of divorce and its tumultuous aftermath, I had to dig to grab ahold of the story, in which Meryl Streep’s character Jane reignites an affair with her ex-husband, played by Alec Baldwin. The titular complication rests in Jane’s conflict of interest: is she a bad person for feeling this reignited passion? »

- John Cooper

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It's Complicated Really a Simple Rom-Com

19 hours ago | newser.com | See recent newser news »

Some critics see Nancy Meyers' latest as somewhat more reasoned and subtle than her usual fare. But It's Complicated is still a formulaic flick—with a scene-stealing turn by Alec Baldwin. A few takes: The flick " isn't nearly complicated enough, but at least Meyers has dropped something a bit more subtle than her usual anvil," writes Stephanie Zacharek for Salon . "This one is more like a mere tire iron, but at least we've got Baldwin: He's the pixie dust that chases away the ensuing headache." Claudia Puig isn't buying it. Meyers "shoots the principals doubling over in laughter in place »

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New To Theatres This Weekend: Sherlock Holmes, Up in the Air, Nine, It’s Complicated

20 hours ago | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

We've definitely got a strange line-up of movies in theatres this Christmas. There aren't as many Oscar contenders out there this year, and not much in the way of family comedies except for The Squeakquel (ugh). The big battle shaping up is the one between Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and James Cameron's Avatar. Avatar is building on strong word of mouth, but Sherlock Holmes has name recognition, Robert Downey Jr., and positive reviews to back it up. Which one will come out on top? Jason Reitman's Up in the Air is also finally in wide release this weekend, and it's definitely the critical favourite of the bunch. Other major releases include It's Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin and the Rob Marshall musical Nine starring Daniel Day-Lewis, while Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is opening in select theatres. What will you be checking out this weekend? »

- Sean

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‘It’s Complicated’ Movie Trailer Features Interesting Romantic Comedy

21 hours ago | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »

'It's Complicated' movie trailer features interesting romantic comedy.Universal Pictures new romantic, comedy movie "It's Complicated" hits theaters tomorrow,and the movie trailer looks pretty interesting,featuring some unique comedy and situations. The movie stars: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mary Kay Place, Nora Dunn, Bruce Altman, and Rita Wilson "It's Complicated" revolves around character, Jane (Meryl Streep) who is the mother of three grown kids and owns a successful Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant. »

- Andre@ontheflix

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Empty Calories

23 hours ago | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Director Guy Ritchie's talent for stirring violence and barely concealed homoeroticism remain very much on display in "Sherlock Holmes," his first period piece and most flagrant effort to start a new franchise. But for all the film's wit and zing, there's no momentum -- we get a series of stirring, entertaining scenes, but they never add up to a complete story. It's a series of desserts with no main course.

Robert Downey Jr. stars as an eccentric, cerebral Holmes whose fighting style reminds us why some call boxing "the sweet science." (One of Ritchie's coolest moves is to break down the sequence of blows with which Holmes plans to subdue his opponent before the sleuth actually does so.) Holmes' longtime companion... make that bosom buddy... make that close friend, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), is getting married and moving out of their Baker Street digs, but Holmes barely has time to pout, »

- Alonso Duralde

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Alec Baldwin talks butt double on 'Letterman'

24 December 2009 8:15 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

With It's Complicated opening on Christmas Day, Alec Baldwin stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman last night and even had Dave cracking up. The conversation about his butt double "dining out all around New York" was just one of many highlights. Here's a clip of Baldwin talking about meeting Burt Lancaster in an elevator: What was your favorite moment from Baldwin on Letterman? Is there any better talk show guest than Alec Baldwin? Who's lining up already for It's Complicated? »

- Wendy Mitchell

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Review: It's Complicated? Sure, if You Care About Some Wine Snob's Perfect Life

24 December 2009 6:01 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »

Review in a hurry: Will a lady (Meryl Streep) with three perfect grown kids, a palatial house in Santa Barbara, a fondness for five-star hotels and a schedule loaded with seaside wine parties get together with her lawyer ex (Alec Baldwin)? Does anyone care? The Bigger Picture: Meet Jane Adler (Streep), a middle-aged Barefoot Contessa catering-type living in Santa Barbara. She likes to go to wine parties with her girlfriends to get together and giggle about vaginas or cook things for her three adult kids in a vast culinary space featuring two ovens, marble-top surfaces and herbs fresh-picked from a home garden bursting with luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes. Still, she is sad. She isn't having any sex, and she has »

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Review: It's Complicated? Sure, if You Care About Some Wine Snob's Perfect Life

24 December 2009 6:01 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Review in a hurry: Will a lady (Meryl Streep) with three perfect grown kids, a palatial house in Santa Barbara, a fondness for five-star hotels and a schedule loaded with seaside wine parties get together with her lawyer ex (Alec Baldwin)? Does anyone care? The Bigger Picture: Meet Jane Adler (Streep), a middle-aged Barefoot Contessa catering-type living in Santa Barbara. She likes to go to wine parties with her girlfriends to get together and giggle about vaginas or cook things for her three adult kids in a vast culinary space featuring two ovens, marble-top surfaces and herbs fresh-picked from a home garden bursting with luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes. Still, she is sad. She isn't having any sex, and she has »

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Alec Baldwin Gets Star Struck (Video)

24 December 2009 5:48 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Even Alec Baldwin gets starstruck sometimes. On Letterman Wednesday night Baldwin described what happened when he was filming "The Good Shepherd" with director Robert De Niro. Every time De Niro yelled cut the first few days to give notes, Baldwin was lost in his head having "Raging Bull" fantasies. He then told the story of being in an elevator with Burt Lancaster. Baldwin did an impression of the screen legend standing in profile, knowing he was being stared at, and letting Baldwin soak him in. Baldwin is currently doing promotion for "It's Complicated." Watch: »

- Katherine Thomson

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Christmas Day Movie Openings

24 December 2009 1:30 AM, PST | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »

Once you’re done opening presents and spending time with all of those relatives you couldn’t call by name, head over to the movie theaters! There are five big films coming out nationwide Christmas Day that are sure to give you a little holiday cheer. Here’s the list: Sherlock Holmes – based on the 1887 fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams. It’s Complicated - Romantic comedy. 2 men vie for the affections of a woman. Starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin. Up in the Air – Adapted »

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'It's Complicated' review (2.5/5) - Meyers relies too much on sitcom style hijinks.

23 December 2009 5:27 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Hollywood obsesses over the younger demographic. If you are between the ages of 18 and 34, you are golden with them. But if you are older, Hollywood doesn’t care as much for your needs. This way of thinking drives ad rates and in theory moves box offices. It is refreshing that director Nancy Meyers does not adhere to this theory. She had a big hit with middle aged love in “Something’s Gotta Give” in 2003 with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Meyers is back at it again with “It’s Complicated”. Her protagonists this time are Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. It is a hit and miss type of affair, but works mainly because of the chemistry between Baldwin and Streep. Baldwin and Streep play a divorced couple of ten years Jake and Jane Adler. Jake is now remarried to his much younger former mistress Agness (Lake Bell). Jane »

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Box Office: Better Holmes and Chipmunks

23 December 2009 5:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Twelve years after Titanic, James Cameron once again has the number one film in America, with his science fiction epic Avatar making more money than all other films in current release combined. Things weren't quite as rosy for the romantic comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? Here's the top five:

1. Avatar: $73 million $77 million

2. The Princess and the Frog: $12.2 million

3. The Blind Side: $10 million

4. Did You Hear About the Morgans?: $7 million

5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $4.4 million

We've got three new contenders as we go into the Christmas weekend with two flicks going into wider release.

Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (on Wednesday)

What's It All About: Those furry little CGI crooners are back for more. This time they're entering a singing contest to save their school's music program, though they face stiff competition from a trio of female singing chipmunks.

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- Matt Bradshaw

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