Terrific "funny" about love!
Don't mistakenly believe this is a chick flick. It may be romantic comedy, but it's really FUNNY romantic comedy!!! Its romantic parts are VERY romantic, and it's comedy is, like I said, very funny!!! NOW YOU KNOW is enjoyable from start to finish. Kerri and Jeremy (Rashida Jones and Jeremy Sisto) have been in love since high school, and have been friends longer than that. Their wedding is coming up, but inexplicably, Kerri calls of the engagement. Something went wrong, and it's not clear. Surely a couple who went to college together and even moved to Las Vegas from New Jersey together would have the kind of perfect relationship we all dream about, with perfect communication, perfect problem resolution, etc. But no, something has gone wrong. And because we don't know the whole story, it's easy to take sides. Look at Marty!!!
I found myself siding with Jeremy, thinking, God, what a whiner she is!!! He's great and she's whining about flowers and the L word not being said enough!!! As the film progresses, Kerri, at first a grating character (to me anyway) becomes more understood. If not for the intervention of a funny, witty Heather Paige Kent as Marty, though, "Kerri" could easily have turned NOW YOU KNOW into an irritating chick flick. Cliffy the kid brother was funny too!!!
While Kerri and Marty tell each other their woes, Jeremy gets involved with the hilarious "fun loving criminal" hijinks of his friends Gil (played by director Jeff Anderson) and Biscuit (Trevor Furhman). I at first thought the Gil and Biscuit team was going to be the sole provider of comedy for this film, because Sisto's character starts out so serious and melancholy, but as soon as these three get together, it's 100% fun!!! The conversations in the bar, and the break-ins that result in gunfire are hilarious, but Sisto also does well in scenes that have no sign of Gil and Biscuit. Once away from Kerri, he becomes a great comedic character that you don't spend the entire movie feeling sorry for/irritated at. I thought the Grandparents were cute (you never know what'll happen with grandparents on the scene!!!) and the "morning wood" sequence was priceless!!! And as I said above, the romance is pretty romantic.
The explanations that surfaced seemed fair and realistic and the ending was satisfying. There were no villains, no "battle of the sexes" stuff. It's just a very cute and enjoyable film about people who love each other so much that they think what they have is too good to be true and they're terrified of being hurt and committing themselves to something as huge as marriage.
Cast
Jeremy Sisto as JEREMY
Rashida Jones as KERRI
Jeff Anderson as GIL
Heather Paige Kent as MARTY
Trevor Furhman as BISCUIT
Todd Babcock as SHANE
Paget Brewster as LEA
Bijou Deluxe as K.C.
Edie McClurg as PAT
Earl Boen as GRANDPA
Liz Sheridan as GRANDMA
Kevin Smith as THE MARRIED GUY
Debbe Dunning as THE SUN GODDESS
Stuart Pankin as THE VICTIM
Howard George as HAL THE BARTENDER
Marissa Jaret Winokur as LEA'S FRIEND
Brendan Hill as CLIFF
Reedy Gibbs as ANN
Joel Brooks as THE VICTIM'S FRIEND
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as THE HOOKER
and Piper Hoover Tinoco as THE POOR LITTLE DOG
Song: What Is Love? by Howard Jones
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