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They Came Together

R

Released Jun 27, 2014

1 hr. 23 min.

Romance

Comedy

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98 Reviews

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The owner (Amy Poehler) of an independent candy shop and the corporate stooge (Paul Rudd) who has been sent to shut her down begin an unlikely romance.

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Critics Consensus

They Came Together is surprisingly messy and perhaps too smart for its own good, but Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd's chemistry is enough to overcome many of the movie's flaws.

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Alec B

I love the way it sends up not just genre clichés, but the bland style and atrocious editing/continuity found in a lot of modern romantic comedies. Per usual, Wain adds in enough absurd and weird humor to distinguish the film from your standard spoof.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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Mardi S

Couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes. Terrible slapstick setup. When referring to "taking a stinky sh!t was better than sex after being married 10 years". I knew which way this movie was going to go. What a piece of crap. Don't waste even a click on the play bar.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/01/23

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Gareth v

This spoof comedy could of been funny if had some decent jokes. A pretty poor effort from all involved.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/18/23

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Eric R

Simply hilarious. The whole thing plays out like an SNL skit, it's self aware, meta, just all around so funny.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/22/23

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Erika K

I can kind of understand why some people have given this low scores, but the movie is a parody about all other rom-coms. You can't take it seriously. Personally for me one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. If you like "dumb", silly, sarcastic type humor, you'll be laughing out loud the entire time through this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/22

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danielle r

I'm not sure what these bad reviews are about. It's a farce that includes every rom-com trope you've ever seen, and it's hilariously written and acted. Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd are supported by 50% of North America's best comedians, and they are all amazing. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this before scrolling today. It's definitely worth a watch if you need something nice and light and giggly.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Paul Rudd

Joel

Amy Poehler

Molly

Cobie Smulders

Tiffany

Christopher Meloni

Roland

Max Greenfield

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Jennifer L. Pozner

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They Came Together is over-the-top stupid, in the most exuberant, silliest and, yet smartest of ways... but you'll only enjoy it if you get it, much like Airplane! and other classic goofball parodies.

Jan 21, 2021

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It's still possible to make a spoof movie that is biting, merciless, clever, and (most importantly) uproariously funny.

Jun 18, 2016

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Stephan Lee

Entertainment Weekly

Rom-com tropes like the ''meet-cute'' are so tired that you can't just spoof them -- you have to spoof the spoofs, which this winking David Wain-Michael Showalter parody mostly succeeds at doing.

Rated: B

Dec 3, 2014

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

The film is packed with smart humor, joke complexity, clever approaches, and an elaborate sense of story-building and delivery that most parodies lack.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…makes fun of rom-conventions while slavishly following them…

Rated: 3/5

Jun 10, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

The jokes can be specific to a hermetic extreme: I don’t think the gag cutting from an exterior shot of the Strand bookstore to an interior that’s a smaller, different establishment might travel outside NYC, but it’s still a great niche joke...

Jan 24, 2023

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Synopsis

The owner (Amy Poehler) of an independent candy shop and the corporate stooge (Paul Rudd) who has been sent to shut her down begin an unlikely romance.

Director: David Wain
Executive Producer: David Wain, Matthew Kaplan, Tony Hernandez, Peter Principato
Screenwriter: Michael Showalter, David Wain
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Showalter-Wain, Lionsgate
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016

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