Here’s a movie that I’ve been waiting an age to see and finally found time while waiting in an NHS queue that was over 2 hours long! It’s Complicated stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in a movie about love – or the complicated nature in which love usually presents itself.

It’s Complicated is directed by Nancy Meyers (The Holiday)  who also wrote the story and screenplay.

Two-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between.

Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has – after a decade of divorce – an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable – an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness, Jane is now, of all things, the other woman. Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realises he’s become part of a love triangle. Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s–complicated.

Although this movie is a comedy, it deals with some quite serious issues for Streep’s character, in fact for all three of the main cast. The whole, ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’ idea is really put to the test in this movie which will have you laughing out loud at various points as the story becomes somewhat absurd but always keeps you wanting to find out how this bizarre but strangely believable saga might turn out.

I really enjoyed It’s Complicated, it’s not my usual sort of movie but anything with a cast which includes Streep, Martin and Baldwin has to be worth a look and in this case, i think you’ll very much enjoy it.

You can purchase It’s Complicated through iTunes here, or purchase the DVD / Blu Ray on Amazon here.

The DVD Special Features include:

• Feature commentary
• The making of It’s Complicated

To celebrate the release of It’s Complicated starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alex Baldwin in cinemas NOW, we are giving away some ‘Complicated’ goodies!

Synopsis: Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in It’s Complicated, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.

Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.

Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle.

Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s…complicated.

You can check out the full HeyUGuys review here.

We have the chance for three lucky readers to win 1 of each of the following:

• A copy of Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday on DVD
• An It’s Complicated notebook and pen

To be in with a chance of winning this prize, all you need to do is tell us the answer to the following:

Which 1991 Steve Martin film did Nancy Meyers co-write?

Send your answer to complicated@heyuguys.co.uk

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* Only one entry per household will be counted.

* The competition will close Friday the 15th of January at 23.59 GMT.

* The winners will be picked at random from entries received.

Good Luck!

It’s Complicated is a surprisingly enjoyable and delightful relationship comedy/drama staring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and a return to form comic performance from Steve Martin.

When I say surprisingly delightful and enjoyable I mean for me personally as I normally stay well away from these sort of films as they normally fail to offer anything more than a a mildly amused smirk from the corner of my mouth or a peer induced chuckle due to others giggling around me, and with Nancy Meyers Directing who Directed such bore inducing comas as The Holiday, What Women Want and Somethings got to give, I wasn’t expecting much but i was definitely more than mildly amused this time round.

The story is pretty uncomplicated and works nicely and if it wasn’t for the excellent cast it probably would have been another generic “Dramedy” that would be worth a rent from Lovefilm.  But thanks to the excellent Meryl Streep as Jane, a divorced late middle aged woman who has finally come to terms with the fact her ex-husband Jack (Baldwin) cheated on her with a younger woman that she can bare being in his company (and his younger wife) again at social events.

With Jane and Jack having three kids together and their son graduating college the entire family head to New York to celebrate. Jack’s new young wife can’t make it so in her absence Jack uses his new found freedom and youthful vitality to hit on his ex-wife and after a few too many glasses of wine, dancing and reminiscing Jane becomes the other woman in an affair with her ex-husband  against the woman who she was cheated on….. It’s complicated right?

Steve Martin’s character Adam fits into this bizarre love square as an architect who is redesigning her home to suit her needs after her final kid leaves the nest leaving her alone, Adam is a pretty ordinary straight character and the type of comic character Steve Martin should play more often, Being a divorcee himself he wants to get to know Jane better and during the dilemma of Jane’s should I, shouldn’t I affair with her ex-husband he gets his chance with hilarious consequences as he gets stoned with Jane at a party and Steve Martin shows flashes of his previous comic best.

Supporting the main cast is the standout  John Krasinski (Office, Away We Go) as Harley, the future son-in-law to Jane and Jack who inadvertently becomes the only witness to the affair that unfolds before him an having to get involved in keeping it a secret from their kids. Krasinski excels in the awkward position and adds extra comic fire-power to the laughs and further shows why he is becoming one of the best comedy actors around.

The film deals with the huge issues of the affair with their children being kept in the dark as their divorced parents try to keep it a secret unsuccessfully and with the like-able Adam as the man Jane should choose as the smart intelligent adult that she is, she is torn between Adam the new guy where everything seems new and exciting or the man she knows inside and out, Jack.

The film is well written by Nancy Meyers and it’s the story and characters which standout to produced a very good comedy and on the whole it makes up for her unexciting and routine direction. It’s Complicated is a film that has a lighthearted and mature feel and although feeling like it’s aimed at the older female audience, and there are some scenes that were aimed at just women especially when Jane and her mates get together, the film really will appeal to a wider viewing public and I recommend it fully.

The film made me laugh out loud quite a few times throughout and it entertained me from start to finish. I think most of it’s success comes from the believable performance by Streep and the excellent turn by 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin who has become one of the best comedic performers on TV at the present time and it’s a dam shame he has announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after his contract on the excellent TV series 30 Rock finishes, as on this evidence he has so much more to offer delivering some shocking hilarious crude lines and visual comedy that is a shear joy to watch.

A fun film, very entertaining and a surprisingly good laugh and with a smile creating return to form by Steve Martin and the ever excellent Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep its a great way to bring in the New Year in cinemas.

It’s Complicated is out on the 8th January.

Here’s the second trailer for It’s Complicated which has been released on Apple. Aside from the fact that this isn’t my sort of movie, the second trailer is pretty much a re-hash of the first. I think the voice over may even be the same with the footage shown being slightly different.

Not sure who this movie is aimed at, I’m guessing it’s going to be more for my mum than it is for me but the movie doesn’t look all that exciting other than the fact it has three veteran powerhouse actors in it in the form of Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. It’s Complicated also stars John Krasinski and Lake Bell. It’s due for release 8th January and is directed by Nancy Meyers.

Universal Pictures have just released the trailer for their upcoming movie, ‘It’s Compliated’ which stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin and is directed by Nancy Meyers. The supporting cast includes John Krasinski, Zoe Kazan, Lake Bell, Hunter Parrish, Pat Finn and Rita Wilson.

You can read the synopsis and watch the trailer after the jump…

Synopsis: Scheduled for release in the UK 8th January 2010, ‘It’s Complicated’ centers on Jane (Streep), who is the mother of three grown kids, and owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has-after a decade of divorce-an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable-an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.

Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle.

Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s… complicated.