Summary

It ’s a give that romantic comedies do n’t always provide the most static beginning for a long - lasting family relationship , but with some couples , it ’s unmortgaged that they are destined to bust up . These span go through a mint to be together , otherwise there would n’t be a plot or engagement in the movie . However , a line can be cross base on how difficult a relationship is , even in the phantasy world of a rom - com .

There are some couple that audience members rootle against from the beginning , and they are often the product of dated tropes and nonesuch around see . In the modernistic geological era , there are more expectations regarding common respect , kindness , and trust in relationships , leading to viewers having higher expectation for picture show twosome . On the other hand , there is a diminish brand surrounding people who stay single , meaning the gimmick of a charwoman finger bad for not getting married has fallen to the roadside . ingest this position , it ’s leisurely to imagine that many rom - com couples call it quits .

These couples are the bad in the last tenner of romantic - comedies . Why wo n’t they break up already ? We never loved them and some we do n’t even like .

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8Andie & Ben - How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days (2003)

Directed by Donald Petrie

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson team up up forHow To mislay A Guy In 10 Days , a movie that seems to be a battle of who can have the worst design when enter a relationship . Ben ( McConaughey ) makes a bet that he can get Andie ( Hudson ) to go down in dearest with him in 10 day , not knowing that she has been attribute an article about how to drive a man by in those same 10 days . The brace drive each other disturbed almost straight off , and if it were n’t for their physical chemistry , they probably would ’ve given up on their tasks immediately .

This culminate in one of the ugliest public fights ever put on screen , humiliating them both . Despite this , they adjudicate to be together even though they have been put on an number and know nearly nothing about each other . It would take only another 10 twenty-four hour period for the pair to realise they have hurt each other enough and call it off .

7Ben & Allison - Knocked Up (2007)

Directed by Judd Apatow

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An inadvertent gestation is not necessarily a good reason to enter into a relationship , especially when it ’s two masses who ca n’t stand each other . After Ben ( Seth Rogan ) and Allison ( Katherine Heigl ) have a one - Nox stand that lead in a pregnancy , Allison decides to keep the babe , and the couple undertake to start up a human relationship . Though the film was praise for its comedy , and an honest enactment of a difficult position , all the trying in the world ca n’t fix a deficiency of compatibility . The pair do n’t like each other , and they would most in all likelihood discover that rest together for the child ’s sake was n’t unspoiled for anyone .

6Charles & Carrie - Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)

Directed by Mike Newell

Hugh Grant may be one of the greatest leading men in read-only storage - com history , but that does n’t think of that all of his on - screen relationships will tolerate the test of fourth dimension . Four Weddings and a Funeralpacks an emotional punch and rescue the classical musical rhythm of a read-only storage - com , but the central couple dynamic does n’t make mother wit . Charles ( Grant ) and Carrie ( Andie MacDowell ) barely know each other , andAndie marries someone else , whereas Charles nearly conjoin someone and then leaves them at the altar . They both exhibit consignment effect before deciding to give their relationship a chance , and it seems unbelievable that the past would n’t amount back to obsess them .

5Andrew & Sam - Garden State (2004)

Directed by Zach Braff

Zach Braff’sGarden State , which he wrote , directed , and starred in , does n’t deprave the manic pixie dream girl figure of speech , it only substantiate it . Poor Sam ( Natalie Portman ) is nothing more than a dick for Andrew ’s ( Braff ) maturation , and a sunshine - y foil to the somberness and doom that makes him so deep and interesting . Despite her devotion , for no skilful reason , Andrew get hold of a recollective fourth dimension to realize that he wants to be with her , and when he does , it feel like she ’s a consolation loot rather than an object of love . With any luck , Sam soon realized that Andrew had nothing to offer her and did n’t treat her very well .

4Laney & Zack - She’s All That (1999)

Directed by Robert Iscove

The makeover montage is a vernacular figure of speech , and it ’s one of the grounds thatShe ’s All Thatis a classic , but there are plenty of reasons that Laney ( Rachael Leigh Cook ) and Zack ( Freddie Prinze Jr. ) would n’t have made it past high school . When he first pursues her , Laney is no more than a laugh to Zack . A way to get back at his ex-husband - girl and prove his manhood to his friends . Though the pair do have thing in common , and Laney open Zack ’s eyes to his shallow demeanour , it does n’t change the fact that no one should have to make themselves unlike to fit in .

It ’s shocking when Laney decides to forgive him since her fictional character was built upon having strict morals and a hard sense of self .

In the film , it ’s almost shocking when Laney decides to forgive him and take him back since her character was built upon having strict ethics and a firm sentience of self . Even if Zack ’s touch were dependable , and he was n’t blinded by her new haircut , once they were out in the world , the few similarities they had would quickly fade . Laney ’s artistic sensibilities and desire to live against the grain were never a honorable fit for Zack ’s straightforward - edge behaviour .

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3Edward & Vivian - Pretty Woman (1990)

Directed by Garry Marshall

Edward does n’t respect or empathize Vivian , he ’s only trying to change her .

Edward ( Richard Gere ) and Vivian ( Julia Roberts ) are an obviously incompatible couplet , if only for the fact that the world power dynamic between them would presently put down any prospect at happiness . Vivian is a sexual urge worker whom Edward hires to make believe to be his mate at business and societal result , and the lines between byplay and romance soon start to blur . Unfortunately , all the money in the world can not buy love , and the fairy tale ending of their relationship does n’t account for the fact that Edward does n’t value or understand Vivian , he ’s only endeavor to vary her .

Additionally , as a smart and capable woman , Vivian would be able to see through Edward ’s behavior and know not to rely on the whimsey of a humankind with so much power . Not long after the sweet , and improbable , end , the yoke would have looked at the reality of their situation , and the dispute in their lives , and accepted that they could never exploit . In fact , in the original ending of the film , this is exactly what happened .

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Pretty Woman is a well - known movie , starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts . However , the original hand had a not - so - happy ending .

2Blane & Andy - Pretty In Pink (1986)

Directed by Howard Deutch

Written by John Hughes , the ' fourscore king of teen drama film , Pretty in Pinkdoesn’t distribute the good message about the form of love that should be accepted by adolescent girls . At the heart of the film is the class struggle between the deep kids and the kids with less money , and the Romance language between Blane ( Andrew McCarthy ) , a rich shaver , and Andy ( Molly Ringwald ) , not so deep , is capture in the middle . unluckily , it takes Blane a little too long to take in what a jerk he ’s being to Andy and overcome his preconception .

His friends convert him to treat her abominably , and he hear , despite the only understanding for her social alienation being her class . It can be unmanageable to overcome disapproving supporter , but Blane gave his word that he would take Andy to prom , and goes back on it , betraying her . Andy forgive him in the death , but once she allow high school and learns that there are plenty of handsome humans who will treat her with forgivingness , there ’s no way she would stick with Blane .

1Sam & Annie - Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Directed by Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron is one of the neat rom - com writers and directors of all time , but the relationship she cooked up inSleepless in Seattledoesn’t make for the greatest love story . The motion-picture show is great;Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan do rattling work as the leads , and it ’s easy to worry about the fate of these two characters . If a family relationship could stand the test of meter without the duet knowing each other at all , that would be a terrific fantasy .

Unfortunately , once the couple meets at the Empire State Building at the end of the film , where they go from there is a true whodunit . They give up their lives and their plans butdon’t know the first thing about each other . Whether it lasted one day , a calendar month , or a class , there ’s little fortune that the brace would n’t come to regret their unwritten decision .

Charles and Carrie in Four Weddings and a Funeral and Andie and Ben in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

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Carrie (Andie MacDowell) smiling hugged by Charles (Hugh Grant) in Four Weddings and a Funeral

Zach Braff and Natalie Portman sit on a couch in Garden State

Laney and Zack at the beach in She’s All That

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Blane and Andie in Pretty In Pink