This movie is horrible.
The name of this movie should not be "It's Complicated", it ought to be "Sodom and Gommorah Meets Warm and Fuzzy Chick Flick". Or "Be Immoral and Selfish --- It's Funny".
The two lead characters are so bereft of morals, ethics, character, maturity and discipline, the only people who would enjoy this movie would have to be selfish, hedonistic sociopaths.
Jake (Alec Baldwin ' s character) is just the worse kind of person. He marries Meryl Streep ' s character, has three children, cheats on her with a woman half his age, divorces his wife while his youngest is only 10, marries his mistress, has a child and then cheats on his new wife with his ex, and then leaves his second wife and child. Is this supposed to be funny?
He is the definition of selfish, impulsive and irresponsible. His actions in real life would cause the destruction of two families. But, hey, this is supposed to be a comedy --- real funny.
Meryl Streep's character (Jane) is supposed to be in her 60s, divorced with three kids, successful and rich. But she runs around giggling, laughing and acting like a silly 14 year old girl. She knows adultery is wrong but she has no discipline. She can't say no to temptation. Everything embarrasses her. She is so childish. Incredibly, her friends and her psychiatrist all tell her to continue an illicit affair with the man who destroyed her family and is now trying to destroy another. Now that is real moral and responsible.
Besides the blatant immorality, the movie is annoyingly bad. The first half is so sugary and sappy. Everyone is running around laughing, giggling, hugging everyone --- it is nauseating. And that insipid guitar music made me want to blow my brains out.
We know who the target audience is --- it is middle aged women. Meryl Streep's character is rich, successful, lives in an upscale Southern California neighborhood and has her own successful business --- a bakery no less. She rarely goes to work. She is always cooking lavish meals for friends and family, going to parties, dating one man and banging another. She lives in a baby mansion and is adding on an even larger kitchen than she already has.
Alec Baldwin's character is a super rich lawyer who is chronically immature, selfish, impulsive and inconsiderate. And who, although he never works either, is always in his Mercedes-Benz and business suit.
We have Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Jim Krasinski --- eye candy for middle-aged women. We have money, nice expensive homes, a loving family, and rich successful characters who never work. All this is supposed to appeal to the target audience.
It is pathetic to me that this movie even got a 6 rating. A sad commentary on what passes for entertainment these days. This movie shouldn't be titled "It's Complicated", it should be titled "It's Awful". I gave it a rating of 1.
What do you think?