Stale romantic comedies could use blast from past

5 September 2010, 10:04 pm

BY TOM HORGEN (MINNEAPOLIS) STAR TRIBUNE The romantic comedy is on life support. Take last month's "The Switch," with Jennifer Aniston. Didn't see it? Don't worry, no one else did, either. A bad year for the rom-com genre just keeps getting worse (case in point: this past weekend's Going the Distance), and audiences are responding by staying home. These 11 movies maximized the genre's potential ...... Read More »

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