From member Brandon Fibbs:

Expecting the nutritional value of Christmas cotton candy, I instead left It’s Complicated convinced I’d seen the smartest, most insightful, funniest romantic comedy since When Harry was in Seattle. Or was it When Sally was Sleepless? Either way, It’s Complicated is the most enjoyable present you’re bound to find beneath your tree this holiday season.

Meryl Streep plays Jane, the divorced mother of three grown children who has settled into a comfortable routine running a successful Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant. For the sake of her kids, she has maintained an amicable relationship with her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin), an attorney who left her a decade ago for a much younger woman. Things get complicated when, during a trip to New York City for their son’s graduation, Jane and Jake rekindle the cooled sparks of their marriage. What starts as an innocent meal together turns into the unthinkable—an affair—as Jane finds a human connection she’s missed for so long and Jake finds the sort of mature companionship he lacks at home. Jane feels out of control, yet free for the first time in years, seesawing between feelings of euphoria and guilt. Jane’s rebound guy is the guy she’s rebounding from.

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