The Trouble with Romance (2009)
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17% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(1,148 ratings)
A hotel plays host to four couples who are having problems coping with their relationships in a variety of ways in this independent comedy drama. In one room, a young man who has had bad luck with women is spending the night with a hooker, which proves very uncomfortable for both of them. Elsewhere,… More A hotel plays host to four couples who are having problems coping with their relationships in a variety of ways in this independent comedy drama. In one room, a young man who has had bad luck with women is spending the night with a hooker, which proves very uncomfortable for both of them. Elsewhere, a married couple who think the thrill is gone from their sex life decide to add some variety by inviting another woman to join them for the evening. In room number three, a woman who often laments her bad taste in men argues with her former beau about her current significant other -- except that the former lover is only present in her imagination, she's in the bathroom, and her new man is listening to her on the other side of the door. And a couple are planning to spend their anniversary together until the man gets the bright idea of bringing one of his no-account buddies along, much to the woman's annoyance. Starring Kip Pardue, Roger Fan, Jennifer Siebel, Jordan Belfi, and Emily Liu, The Trouble With Romance is the first feature film from writer and director Gene Rhee. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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John Anderson, Variety
Very little that anyone here says, or does, has the slightest connection to any known reality, and if a film is going to perform an autopsy on love, the corpse should at least be recognizable.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
An airless, fragmented feature that's been kicking around since 2007.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Ever fast-forward through a late-night cable romance just to get to the good parts? This amateurish relationship dramedy features all the stuff you'd skip, and nothing else.
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Anna King, Time Out New York
If He's Just Not That Into You is a film for women who want to be lied to, then The Trouble with Romance offers a conniving counterpoint for men.
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Fred Camper, Chicago Reader
The performances are convincing, and director Gene Rhee does a good job of outlining the messiness of human affections here, showing how we don't always know what we really want or how to get it.
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Cast
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Jennifer Siebel
as Jill
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Kip Pardue
as Jack
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Emily Liu
as Stephanie
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David Eigenberg
as Paul
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Jordan Belfi
as Charlie
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Josie Davis
as Karen
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Sheetal Sheth
as Nicole
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Roger Fan
as Jimmy
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Portia Dawson
as Rachel
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Coby Ryan McLaughlin
as Steve
- John Churchill
- Garikayi Mutambirwa
- John Davis
- Valeria Hernandez
- Mitch Malem
- Coby Ryan McLaughin
- Judith Montgomery
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom
