Celeste is convinced that divorcing Jesse is the right thing to do -- she is on her way up, he is on his way nowhere, and if they do it now instead of later, they can remain supportive friends. Jesse passively accepts this transition into friendship, even though he is still in love with her. As the reality of their separation sets in, Celeste slowly and painfully realizes she has been cavalier about their relationship, and her decision, which once seemed mature and progressive, now seems impulsive and selfish. But her timing with Jesse is less than fortuitous. While navigating the turbulent changes in their lives and in their hearts, these two learn that in order to truly love someone, you may have to let them go.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts, Rashida Jones
Reviews:
69% rating on the Tomatometer
'While it doesn't subvert the genre as incisively as it thinks it does, Celeste and Jesse Forever is a shrewd rom-com that benefits from its likable cast and trumpets the arrival of Rashida Jones as a bona fide big screen talent.'
San Francisco Chronicle
Reviewed by: David Lewis
This film has a voice of its own. And at a time when the romantic comedy seems to be a lost art form, that's saying something.
Entertainment Weekly
Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
I will say that it's been a while since a romantic comedy mustered this much charm by looking this much like life.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
It's hard to know whether this is a function of the sympathetic screenplay or of Krieger's sympathetic direction - or both - but Celeste and Jesse are endearing even when they do unsympathetic things.
Chicago Sun-Times
Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
'm not surprised that Rashida Jones took the lead in writing this screenplay; the way things are going now, if an actress doesn't write a good role for herself, no one else is going to write one.
Christian Science Monitor
Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
It's as if we were watching one of those buddy-buddy bromances told, this time, from the perspective of the woman who is normally on the sidelines of the men's attentions and affections. It's a welcome angle.
Arizona Republic
Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
It is a tremendous performance by Jones, who co-wrote the script with her own ex-boyfriend Will McCormick, who appears as a drug-dealing friend with surprisingly grounded advice for just about anything.
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