Try And Name At Least 50% Of These Rom Coms Based On A Single Character
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Sometimes there really is nothing better than relaxing with a good romantic comedy! These are the movies that can give us the best of two seemingly quite different worlds: romance and comedy! Although they don't always seem like they can fit very well together, these movies prove that some of the best romantic stories can be made even better with some delightful humor sprinkled in!
This popular movie genre has delivered us some of our absolute favorite flicks to watch on date night, an evening with the girls, or maybe just a quiet night in. They make us laugh, they make us cry, and they help us aspire for the perfect relationship without letting ourselves settle for anything less! These are the movies that help us believe in true love, and just what would they be without their characters?
These are the characters who have loved, been loved, and maybe even lost love as well. They're also the characters who we know and love from our favorite rom coms and who help make these movies so great! We encourage anyone who thinks they know their rom coms well enough to guess the title just on one random character to give this quiz a shot and see just how much of an expert they truly are!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character is a total bad boy named Patrick Verona. He has a variety of different reputations floating around school about him but none of them are particularly good, but he doesn’t seem to mind very much. He finds himself hired to take out a shrewish girl named Kat so that another student can date her sister. It is an elaborate scheme and is definitely pretty risky, but the money is good and Patrick agrees. Although he initially believes this is simply a business deal, he soon finds himself falling for Kat. But what happens when she finds out he quite literally had to be paid to take her out?
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character has pretty much given up on seizing opportunities in life. His ex has left him feeling fairly reclusive, so he constantly turns down offers to hang out from his friends. Although this is no way to live life, he seems perfectly content. That is, until he finds himself dragged to a seminar that teaches him to say “yes” to every opportunity that comes his way. As soon as he begins doing this, he discovers just what life can offer him if he gives it a chance! This includes a particularly quirky girl who finds his attitude very endearing!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character named Jenna makes a wish on her birthday and is soon inexplicably transported in time. She wakes up as herself in the future, now an adult woman with an adult job and an adult relationship. It’s everything she’s ever dreamed of, but she’s surprised to discover her childhood best friend, Matty, no longer wants anything to do with her because he doesn’t like who she’s become. Now, Jenna must try and show Matty she’s still the same girl she was when she was younger, all the while slowly falling in love with him. The only problem? He’s engaged to be married to someone else!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character is a love cynic named Mike who is hired to present a TV segment all about what he believes men are really after in life, and it is definitely not the same thing that women are after. He is pretty blunt in his delivery, but he also gives some good advice that he says can help women catch the man of their dreams. This is exactly how he becomes involved with a woman named Abby who first rejects his teachings, but soon finds him helpful in trying to impress her handsome new neighbor. As he continues to help her achieve her dream love life, these two find themselves inexplicably falling for each other.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character named Wally is a little neurotic but always good-natured. His best friend happens to be in the market for a baby and seeks out a donor, but doesn’t consider Wally. A mix-up at the party puts Wally in a definitely awkward position, and years later he discovers he just may be the biological father of his best friend’s baby. After all, they share the same neurotic tendencies and hypochondria, not to mention the same quirky little mannerisms. Although he’s always been friend-zoned, he discovers he has feelings for his best friend, especially once he begins to realize he’s likely the father of her son.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Owen Wilson plays a man named John who, along with his best friend, spend a lot of time and energy crashing other people’s weddings so they can meet plenty of women. When they crash one particularly fancy wedding, John meets and immediately falls for the maid of honor Claire, who also just happens to be the daughter of a State Secretary. Breaking all the wedding crashing rules, John convinces his best friend to accompany him to this well established family’s summer home where he hopes to get even closer to Claire and convince her to leave her boyfriend.
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In this romantic comedy, this girl is named Ramona and she just happens to be the object of one young man’s affections. However, being in a relationship Ramona doesn’t come without a price, and he soon learns he must somehow defeat her previous exes in order to win her heart. Thankfully, this guy is up for the challenge and sets out to defeat each ex who stands in his way, but quickly discovers just how surprisingly powerful each opponent really is! This romantic comedy was originally a comic book series before it was turned into a feature-length film for the big screen!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this man named Westley begins as a mere farmhand for a young woman named Buttercup. He spends his days tending to the farm and also acting as a sort of servant for Buttercup and the two soon begin to fall for each other. Their business relationship turns into something but deeper, but before it can go any farther, Westley is believed to have perished on a ship at the hands of the Dread Pirate Roberts. As Buttercup reluctantly moves on with her life and agrees to marry the prince, Westley miraculously reappears, this time under the name Dread Pirate Roberts, and sets out to save his true love from marrying the prince.
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In this romantic comedy, Molly Ringwald plays Sam, a moody teen whose entire family forgets her birthday. She spends most of the movie upset about this fact while also crushing on a senior at her school named Jake Ryan. Although she believes herself to be an awkward and unremarkable girl, she has no idea that Jake is secretly harboring an interest in her as well! Though the two often cross paths, they don’t actually end up together until the very end in what has become an iconic scene. Jake brings Sam a birthday cake and asks her make a wish, to which she responds, “It already came true”!
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In this romantic comedy, Amy Schumer’s character has been led to believe that monogamy is unrealistic and true love is just for the movies, so she embarks on a series of no-strings-attached relationships that seem to suit her just fine. That is, until she falls for an athletic surgeon who wants more from her than just a good time. Now she must try to ignore her own bad habits and let herself fall for someone, but that’s much easier said than done! Her flighty past ultimately catches up with her, and her relationship with the handsome surgeon is seriously put to the test!
What rom com is this man from?
In this romantic comedy, Mel Gibson plays a man who has never really cared nor had any interest in understand who women really are and sees them as being good for one thing and one thing only. That is, until one fateful night sees him wake up with the unexplainable power to hear what women are thinking! At first he finds this to be a huge inconvenience and wants it gone now, but soon he finds this power can actually work in his favor, both in his professional and personal lives, and soon finds himself pursuing one woman at work in particular!
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In this romantic comedy, this character named Sophie is about to marry the man of her dreams but believes the only way her wedding will be absolutely perfect is if she invites her father. The only problem? She’s not really sure who her father is, but she definitely knows it’s one of three men. So naturally she invites all three to the wedding! Her unsuspecting mother suddenly finds herself in the presence of three men from her past who are all inexplicably in the same place at the same time, making for a lot of hilarious and touching moments! This movie just recently had a sequel released!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Bradley Cooper plays a character who has just been released from a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He soon strikes up a friendship with a lonely and depressed widow who finds herself falling for him, but this man is much too preoccupied with trying to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend to ever notice! The two end up dancing together in a competition which manages to bring them even closer together and helps this man realize that perhaps the love he’s been searching for has been standing right in front of him all along!
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In this romantic comedy, this character, played by Sandra Bullock, is a tough, no-nonsense kind of a boss who works at a publishing company. One day she is told she will be deported back to her home country. That is, unless she is due to be married. Enter: her faithful assistant. He finds himself roped into her risky scheme and the two fake an engagement so she won’t be deported. But into to convince everyone involved that it’s the real thing, they’ll have to actually pretend to like each other, and somewhere along the way, they stop pretending and actually fall for each other!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Amanda Bynes’ character, Viola, realizes the only way she can play on a soccer team is if she masquerades as her twin brother, Sebastian, and earns a spot on the boy’s team! It’s not an entire foolproof plan but she charges ahead with it anyway and actually manages to fool everyone, including her particularly handsome teammate and roommate, Duke. The ruse can’t last forever though and at some point the truth eventually comes out, surprising everyone, including Duke! Thankfully he can see past the lie and these two manage to fall in love once Viola resorts back to her regular female self!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Cameron Diaz plays a newly single woman named Amanda who wants nothing more than to escape her own busy life for the holiday season and go somewhere with no men in sight! Thankfully, another woman across the world has the same desire and the two swap houses for Christmas! Although planning on remaining happily single, Amanda suddenly meets a handsome stranger named Graham and the two fall for each other. But the big question is, can they make their burgeoning relationship work knowing full well that it will only end once Amanda has to move back to her own home after Christmas?
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character, played by the hilarious comedian Kevin Hart, is a happy and successful bachelor who preaches the single life to all his friends and sees no need to ever going back to being in an unsatisfying relationship ever again! That is of course until all of his friends begin meeting the women of their dreams and falling in love. Now surrounded by love and happy couples, this character begins to realize that perhaps he isn’t better off on his own and soon beings to try and win his ex back into his life once again!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character, played by Kate Hudson, is a journalist who begins writing a column in which she believes she knows exactly how long it will take for her to successfully shake a guy loose from her life. At the same time, a man bets his boss that he can make any woman anywhere fall in love with him in just a matter of days. These two end up pursuing each other for their own respective purposes, but soon find themselves falling for one another! Although their initial reasons for seeing each other are less than romantic, they can’t help the real feelings that begin to evolve!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Zac Efron’s character named Mike is suddenly transported back to his teenage years after he falls into some kind of magic time portal. Now reunited with his youth, Mike believes he is meant to pursue basketball but soon discovers sports is not the answer. In fact, he’s been given the chance to make things right with both his estranged kids and his ex-wife. But that is going to be hard to do, especially considering he now looks like a teenage boy! Still, he grows even closer to his ex than ever before and finds himself falling in love with her all over again.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Kristen Wiig plays a character named Annie who just seems to have bad luck follow her everywhere she goes! When her best friend, Lillian, gets engaged, Annie is asked to her maid of honor and she gratefully accepts, but this position is not without its problems! Soon Annie finds herself battling it out with another member of the bridal party who thinks she is actually Lillian’s best friend. All the while Annie begins a new relationship with a handsome police officer who wants the chance to love Annie but finds her reluctant to give him that opportunity.
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In this romantic comedy, this character is played by Jennifer Lopez and works as a maid at a fancy hotel. She is a struggling single mother who wants to give her son the best life possible but finds it hard to do so without a decent means of income. One fateful day, she dons the expensive clothes of one of the elite hotel guests and inadvertently fools a handsome man into believing she is a rich socialite. Now torn between giving up the ruse and keeping the man of her dreams, this woman struggles to keep up her elaborate lie and convince someone she is a posh woman when she is really anything but!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He embarks on a wonderful relationship with a woman he meets at work that lasts well over a year but then suddenly and quite inexplicably ends! Now single and deeply confused, he sets out to try and discover just what went wrong in the relationship to make the woman of her dreams just want to end it all! The situation is made even worse when she suddenly reappears in his life hoping that the two could remain friends. As much as he wants to, he finds this much too difficult, considering their emotional history together.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Anne Hathaway plays this character who is cursed from birth to be obedient to a fault! This means she quite literally does whatever anyone asks of her, which her wicked step family is quick to take advantage of. In order to break free from her curse and live her own independent life, she sets out to find the same fairy who “blessed” her with this power of obedience as a baby. Along the way she encounters a handsome prince who joins her on her journey, and soon the two develop deep romantic feelings for each other!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Julia Roberts appears as this character named Vivian who is picked up by a handsome and rich businessman as he attempts to navigate the streets of LA. The two begin a casual relationship, and he sees this as the perfect opportunity to hire her as his fake girlfriend so that he might look better while networking for his job. Although this all begins as merely a costly business relationship, Vivian and her fake boyfriend soon begin to develop very real feelings for each other, particularly when she shows him just how beautiful she really is and how elegant she can be!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character, played by Katherine Heigl, is none too happy about her current romantic situation. That is, she is hopelessly single and has no marriage proposals in sight. This is all made worse when she realizes she has an entire closet full of bridesmaids dresses that she has worn to all of her friends’ weddings, but has never actually had a wedding of her own! As they say, always a bridesmaid but never a bride! She captures the attention of a local journalist who uses her story for an article and soon finds himself falling for her!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Emma Stone plays a character named Olive who tells a little white lie about her love life that hits the wrong ears and grows to humongous proportions! Although she used to manage to slip under most people’s radars, now she finds herself the center of everyone’s attention and the topic of everyone’s conversations, all because of a silly rumor! Thankfully there happens to be one person at her school who doesn’t bother himself with gossip and helps Olive survive such a stressful ordeal. At the end of the film, he even goes out of his way to give her the cliché John Hughes-movie ending she’s always wanted!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Drew Barrymore’s character unfortunately has a brain affliction that prevents her from creating new memories. So essentially, she’s been living the same day over and over again for years without being able to mentally move on to a new day. This poses a serious hindrance on her love life, but one man is determined to win her heart, even if that means having to make her fall in love with him every single day. The future seems pretty bleak for these two, but he refuses to give up and quite literally manages to make him fall for her every day.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, Ryan Gosling plays a man named Jacob who is admittedly a serial dater and likes it that way. He frequents the same bar every night and finds a different woman to take home with him after wooing her with his charm. He comes across a newly single man who he helps regain his confidence and love of life, all the while teaching him how to get a woman to go home with him. All the rules are suddenly thrown out the window though when Jacob meets the girl of his dreams and realizes there’s certainly more to life than casual flings.
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In this romantic comedy, Hilary Duff plays a teenage girl who lives an unsatisfying life with her wicked step family. She begins a text relationship with a boy online who goes to her school, but their love is strictly for cyberspace as she is much too nervous to meet him in person. However, she finally agrees to meet him on Halloween and discovers her prince charming is none other than the most popular guy in school but her costume mask prevents him from finding out just who she is. That is, until the end of the movie when all is revealed and he must decide what’s more important to him: his reputation or the girl he loves.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character named Cher is a ditzy, spoiled, but always well-meaning teenage girl who is good friends with her ex-step brother. Although the two often share lighthearted jabs and tease each other, it’s all in good fun and they actually care for each other deeply. As she sets out to find a mature boyfriend for herself, she slowly begins to discover that perhaps the man of her dreams has been in front of her all along and she just didn’t know it! Besides, who can resist such a handsome and funny guy like 90s Paul Rudd?
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In this romantic comedy, this character played by Amy Adams first begins as an animated character in a far away kingdom who is due to marry a handsome prince! However, the wicked queen sends her into the human realm where she must try and adjust to her new life as a real woman on the streets of New York! Thankfully, one handsome man is ready and somewhat willing to help her get accustomed to it all. Along the way, the two realize their feelings for each other and she discovers she was able to find her happily ever after without needing an animated prince!
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In this romantic comedy, Kevin James plays a hapless businessman who is crushing on one of his clients but just can’t seem to summon the courage to even talk to her! Thankfully there’s a service available to help him learn just how to earn a woman’s affections. The teacher, played by Will Smith, makes a living on guiding hopeless men towards true love and giving them all the tools they need to make a love connection! However, when it comes to his own love life, he finds it hard to practice what he preaches and must throw out the entire rulebook to snag his own dream girl!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character played by Constance Wu is a smart and gorgeous university professor who is happily in love with her handsome boyfriend. Their perfect life together comes to a sudden screeching halt when she learns that he actually comes from a super rich family in Singapore. As if this weren’t enough to try and process, she soon finds herself flying there with him to attend a wedding! Now forced to face his extremely judgemental family, she must try and prove herself worthy of being with him, particularly to his disapproving mother who doesn’t believe she is the right girl for her son.
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character simply cannot seem to do anything right! She’s constantly making mistakes and putting herself in particularly embarrassing situations, so she resolves to try and transform herself to find a suitable male partner. She doesn’t particularly appeal to one handsome suitor named Mark so instead she goes after the dashing but very irresponsible Daniel, who also happens to be her boss. When their relationship quickly sours, she is surprised to find that Mark has actually loved her all along and so she manages to find her happily ever after with the perfect guy after all!
What rom com is this character from?
In this romantic comedy, this character happens to go on a date with a woman which she believes went fairly well and is confident will result in a beautiful relationship. However, he neglects to call her and is actually pursuing another woman completely! It’s a tough truth to swallow, but his first date must try to come and accept that he simply doesn’t wish to see her again, no matter how good of a time she believes they both had! This movie is filled with celebrities who each have their own storyline about love, loss, and trying to be in a relationship in the modern age!
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In this romantic comedy, this character played by Mila Kunis begins a casual relationship with her best friend simply because the two are tired of the commitment of being in serious relationships! So they agree to keep feelings way off the table and vow to simply have fun. However, both soon learn just how difficult it truly is to keep feelings well and far away, particularly when secretly in love with the other person! Although initially wishing to just keep it casual, they can’t deny their true feelings for each other and end up falling madly in love with one another!
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In this romantic comedy, Matthew McConaughey plays a character who has left a steady trail of women behind him as he pursues a no-commitment bachelor lifestyle. It’s worked out pretty well for him so far. That is, until one fateful night when he is quite inexplicably visited by three ghosts, each tasked with helping him see the error of his ways. They all help guide him through his romantic past, present, and future in an effort to teach him that this lifestyle he’s adopted really isn’t doing him any good in the long run. Throughout his journey, he comes to face to face with his childhood love, Jenny, and realizes he is still very much in love with her.
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In this romantic comedy, this character named Joel suddenly wakes up one morning to find his erratic and impulsive girlfriend, Clementine, has undergone some kind of procedure to erase him from her mind completely. Saddened by this, Joel decides to follow in her footsteps and do the same so he can forget her, too. On the night of the procedure, he realizes he doesn’t really want to forget Clementine, no matter how bad it hurts, and mentally fights to avoid the doctors attempting to erase his memories! In doing so, he is forced to relive every painful memory and wonderful moment he had with his dear Clementine.
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In this romantic comedy, this named Andie has a huge crush on the most popular boy at her school. The only problem is he also happens to from a pretty wealthy family while she and her single father live on the wrong side of the tracks. In this movie, social status holds great influence on popularity and she finds herself at the bottom of the food chain. However, her crush happens to like her back and the two begin dating, although his friends deeply disapprove of the relationship. In the end, he must decide what he values more: his popularity or his love for Andie.
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In this romantic comedy, Reese Witherspoon plays a woman who, along with her long-term boyfriend, have decided not to give in to Christmas festivities and opt instead to travel during the holidays so as to avoid their families. It’s a plan that has worked pretty well for them in the past, except for this Christmas when all flights are grounded and they can’t get out of city! Now they must endure not one, but four Christmases with their pretty unique families. Throughout the busy day, they find their seemingly perfect relationship is tested as she realizes that perhaps now she wants to start a family of their own, whereas he isn’t so sure.
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In this romantic comedy, Goldie Hawn plays a spoiled heiress who upsets a carpenter when she refuses to pay him for a job he did on her yacht. Later, when she falls off that yacht and washes ashore with amnesia, he seizes this as his opportunity to get back at her! So, he claims her as his own wife and brings her home where he tells her she likes doing chores and cooking for them, even if it makes her miserable. Although initially intending to get even, this carpenter soon finds himself inexplicably falling for the once rude woman who has now become the wife and supportive partner he’s always wanted.
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In this romantic comedy, this character falls pregnant after one special night spent with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker. Although still a teenager in high school, she decides to see the pregnancy through and give up the baby to a deserving couple in the suburbs, which makes her into an outcast at her school. Paulie, who thought their magical night meant they were much more than just friends, is downcast when she tells him it didn’t mean anything. It isn’t until later when she’s realized her true feelings that this friend seeks out Paulie and admits that she does love him!
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In this romantic comedy, Patrick Dempsey plays a bachelor who enjoys his no-strings-attached lifestyle and sees no reason to seek anything more. But, when his best friend, Hannah, suddenly jets off to Scotland, he realizes he really and truly loves her and plans to tell her this when she comes home. The only problem? Her arrival brings with it the announcement that she is getting married and she asks him to be her maid of honor! He accepts, but only so that he can have the chance to stay close with her throughout her engagement and try and convince her he’s actually the right man for her!
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In this romantic comedy, Jennifer Aniston plays a plastic surgeon’s assistant who is unwillingly roped into his web of lies when he tells his new girlfriend that she is actually his ex-wife. Now, in order to keep up the ruse, she and her children must accompany him to Hawaii and play every part the loving, albeit divorced, couple that he’s lead his girlfriend to believe they are. Although it begins as an elaborate lie, this character begins to fall for the surgeon, which is only complicated by the fact that she’s supposed to be his ex and his real girlfriend happens to be on the vacation with them!
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In this romantic comedy, this character is named Messer and he finds himself suddenly part guardian to his late friends’ baby girl. Although still much like a child himself, he accepts guardianship and begins parenting the baby with his co-guardian, who also happens to be a woman he once had a pretty rough first date with. They may not be very big fans of each other, but they both love the baby girl dearly and so they resolve to try and make this less-than-ideal situation work. As it happens, they end up becoming much closer than they ever thought possible and begin to fall for each other!
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In this romantic comedy, Julia Roberts plays a woman named Julianne who once made a pact with her best friend that if neither of them are married by the time they’re 28, they’ll marry each other. Unfortunately, just weeks before she’s due to turn 28, he phones her and tells her he’s actually engaged. Julianne realizes her disappointment means she’s in love with her best friend and resolves to attend the wedding, if only to make sure it is an absolute wreck and the two will call off their entire engagement. Oh, the crazy things that we do for love!
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In this romantic comedy, Anne Hathaway plays a woman named Maggie who begins a casual relationship with a handsome pharmaceutical salesman named Jamie. Though they agree to keep feelings out of the picture, Jamie beings to fall for Maggie, who is initially reluctant to let herself fall for him back. Eventually he does and the two begin a romantic relationship. However, Maggie has Parkinson’s and, after Jamie carts her to several different specialists, soon comes to find that Jamie can only see a life with her if he thinks she can be cured. When they break up, Jamie realizes he needs Maggie in his life and rushes to win her back!
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In this romantic comedy, this character, played by Russell Brand, is the new boyfriend of a woman who has just recently dumped her ex. He and this girl jet off to Hawaii for a couple’s vacation but are surprised when her ex happens to be there as well in an effort to mend his wounded heart. Now it’s definitely made all that more difficult to get over his ex-girlfriend because she’s staying at the same resort! This character gets caught in the crossfire between these two ex-lovers and struggles to figure out whether his girlfriend really loves him anymore or if she’s just using him to make her ex jealous.
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In this romantic comedy, Adam Sandler plays a character who makes a living by singing at people’s weddings and enjoys bringing love and happiness to couples’ special day. However, his own wedding bliss is short lived when his bride-to-be suddenly leaves him. Afterwards, he finds it particularly hard to try and sing about love when he no longer has it himself. It isn’t until he meets a beautiful woman who waitresses at weddings that he rediscovers his passion for love. The only problem is that she is currently with someone else. Now this character must prove he is the better love match for her!
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In this romantic comedy, Hugh Grant plays a foppish and charming man who finds himself enthralled with a woman who works for him. He can’t allow himself to show her his true feelings and makes the difficult decision to have her let go so as to get rid of any temptation. However, the Christmas season brings with it the realization that he has made a big mistake and he hurries to find her and right this wrong before it’s too late! This movie is filled with lots of stars playing characters just trying to make a love connection at Christmas time!