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In this film, Cal Weaver ([[Steve Carell]]) is living the dream - he's got a good job, nice house, and great kids. Cal gets the surprise of his life when he learns his wife Emily ([[Julianne Moore]]) has been cheating on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal begins grieving at a bar night after night talking to himself about his situation where he meets a young man named Jacob Palmer ([[Ryan Gosling]]). Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although he does take a particular interest in a young woman named Hannah ([[Emma Stone]]), the only woman to resist his advances. Not wanting to watch Cal keep draining his sorrows night after night, Jacob agrees to teach him his trade so that he can have the confidence to earn Emily back. Because Emily is the only woman Cal has even been with, Cal doesn't have much experience, so Jacob gives Cal a makeover and has him watch his tricks at the bar.
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* [[Billing Displacement]]: Analeigh Tipton has a bigger part than [[Marisa Tomei]], guess which one is on the poster...
* [[Caught
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: ''Nana''. That is all.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: 22-year old Analeigh Tipton as 17/18 year old Jessica. Not as bad as other examples, but still there.
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: After admitting that she has a crush on an older man (Cal) to one of her friends, Jessica is ensured by said friend that her "lips are ARF ARF", accompanied by the friend clapping her hands. Not following, Jessica asks for an explanation as to what she means. Basically, "Our lips are seals." ''As in'', [[Rimshot|"our lips are sealed".]]
* [[Gray Rain of Depression]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Cal after he blows it with Emily at the parent/teacher conference and it begins to rain...
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* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Jacob for Hannah.
* [[Hair Color Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|It's a bit obvious that Hannah and Emily both have red hair. It's no wonder they end up being mother and daughter in a film with such a tangled web of associations.}}
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Cal's reaction upon finding out about {{spoiler|Jacob and Hannah}}, and Jessica's father's reaction when he thinks Cal is involved with ''his'' daughter.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]:
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* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]: Averted; characters trip over their own tongues, repeat words, have awkward pauses in the middle of or between sentences, interrupt each other or don't finish their thoughts. This seems to be common in Steve Carrell films.
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: David
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* [[The Unfair Sex]]: Emily cheats on Cal and tells him she wants a divorce (although she's not specifically leaving him for the other man) and their friends take ''her'' side--but all are incensed at the rumors of Cal's womanizing.
* [[Unexplained Accent]]: As Jacob, Ryan Gosling puts on something of a [[Big Applesauce|NooYawk]]/[[Joisey]] accent, despite the film most likely taking place in LA.
** He also speaks [[Yiddish
* [[Take That]]: "I tried watching the ''[[Twilight (
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: How old is {{spoiler|Hannah}} supposed to be? {{spoiler|She's old enough to be taking the bar and her parents had her at the age of 17, but she's played by 22-year-old Emma Stone}}. This leads to some confusion for the audience. Is this supposed to be an inverted case of Dawson Casting?
** {{spoiler|Cal states that her birth was what forced them to marry so young, and they've been married for 25 years, so presumably she's 25/26, tops.}}
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** Emily is 44, and they've been married almost 25 years, so they got married when they were 19 or 20, but {{spoiler|they got pregnant when they were 17, which is why they got married. Shotgun weddings aren't really supposed to happen when the kid is two.}} So unless Emily's three years older than Cal, which would make it kinda weird that they first went out when he was 15, there's something fishy going on.
*** Like father, like son.
* [[Shout
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