Romcoms to watch with your partner

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Romcoms
Priscilla du preez

Finding an apt movie to cuddle up with beer and popcorn on the couch can not only be hard, but may also prove to be a tiring task. While girls might love chick flicks and would want to watch them all the time, super-girly movies will only make him want to snooze inside that blanket. But fret not as Wedding Affair brings to you some really amazing romcoms that you can watch with the love of your life and trust us, he will also like these movies, just as much as you. So what are you waiting for, let’s jump right into it.

Silver Linings Playbook

Bradley Cooper stars opposite Jennifer Lawrence in this quirky yet fresh love story about two outsiders who find a sense of belonging in each another. Bradley Cooper plays Pat Soltano, a man with bipolar disorder recently released from a mental institution. As a result, he is on his redemption tour to win back his wife. Along the way, he meets Tiffany Maxwell. She is a widow who offers to assist in his mission in exchange for entering a dance competition with her. The movie spirals into a celebration of love, resilience, dance, and, of course, the Philadelphia Eagles.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

While this one is considered a typical lighthearted rom-com. This film’s bold performances and hilariously eccentric characters bring a perspective as fresh as Windex to the genre. Famously adapted from the one-woman, off-Broadway show written and played by Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the story of the thirty-something Greek-American Toula and her journey to find love. What the film lacks in depth, it makes up for in heart–and above all, comedy. The antics and anecdotes of Toula’s extended family are the kind you will chuckle at upon remembrance. A must-watch.

The Wedding Singer

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are literally the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan of the gross-out comedy. The duo has ppeared opposite each other in four mindless rom-coms. Their first pairing, of course, is their best. Sandler plays the titular character, the beaten-down wedding singer who falls for Barrymore’s Julia, a similarly down-on-her-luck waitress who’s engaged to a womanizing meathead. All of that’s set amid the wild and wacky 1980s, a silly premise that serves plenty of sight gags and pop-culture references. As far as dumb Adam Sandler movies go, this one is one of the sharpest.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

This Best Picture-nominated film is almost the platonic ideal of a British comedy. It does, after all, begin with a string of comic expletives as a frazzled Charles (Hugh Grant) rushes to make it to a wedding on time. It’s at that first of many social occasions that he meets Carrie, a flirty American woman played by Andie MacDowell, who quickly becomes the object of his romantic pursuit over the course of a few other weddings (and, yes, a funeral). It’s a sharp, biting comedy about romance, heartbreak, and other societal woes. This is one of those romcoms that will awaken the romantic in you.

Midnight In Paris

A very different and fresh romcom that will make you think about love and romance from a different perspective. It will make you and your partner think about the idea of love in a new way and enjoy it too. It’s not the usual comedy, and with supporting actors like Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, and Adrien Brody in the film, this Woody Allen movie is surely an unmissable. Give this classic a shot, if you already haven’t. Your partner will love this one too. Plus, the movie is shot in Paris.

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