It's Complicated (2009)

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Wikidata Q843950, film, IMDb tt1230414, TMDB 22897: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Steve Martin as actor (‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins); 1 more episode agrees.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Something's Gotta Give: 5 lines contrast ×3 craft ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): It's Complicated → Something's Gotta Give. Meyers's idea of how children process divorce is drawn from her own children.
    “I think Nancy Meyers perception of how children process a divorce is entirely based on her children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:50:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Father of the Bride: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (recurring motif): Father of the Bride → It's Complicated. Everyone in Meyers movies is an architect: Annie here, and Steve Martin renovating Meryl Streep's kitchen in It's Complicated.
    “Steve Martin, later on, and it's complicated, also an architect, renovating Meryl Streep's house, specifically the kitchen, remember?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:21:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Suicide Squad: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): It's Complicated → Suicide Squad. Meyers's many makeup tests for Steve Martin are compared to Killer Croc's makeup tests.
    “that's what they do with like killer croc and suicide squad.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:33:57 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Something's Gotta Give → It's Complicated. It has aged much better than It's Complicated, which people wrongly rank above it.
    “it has aged so much better than it's complicated.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:25:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): It's Complicated → Something's Gotta Give. It's Complicated is the sketch-comedy version of this film.
    “it's complicated, feels like the sketch comedy version of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:26:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): It's Complicated → Something's Gotta Give. The daughter here has more grace than Lake Bell's character in It's Complicated.
    “there's more grace in this to her versus like the Lake Bell character”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Something's Gotta Give → It's Complicated. The same trick: a strong supporting character is big in the first half hour and then drops out.
    “This movie does the exact same thing that it's complicated does”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:23:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): It's Complicated → Suicide Squad. Meyers's many makeup tests for Steve Martin are compared to Killer Croc's makeup tests.
    “that's what they do with like killer croc and suicide squad.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:33:57 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (recurring motif): Father of the Bride → It's Complicated. Everyone in Meyers movies is an architect: Annie here, and Steve Martin renovating Meryl Streep's kitchen in It's Complicated.
    “Steve Martin, later on, and it's complicated, also an architect, renovating Meryl Streep's house, specifically the kitchen, remember?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:21:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): It's Complicated → Something's Gotta Give. Meyers's idea of how children process divorce is drawn from her own children.
    “I think Nancy Meyers perception of how children process a divorce is entirely based on her children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:50:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about It's Complicated: Meyers made Steve Martin do about ten makeup tests.
    “Steve Martin do like 10 makeup tests.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:33:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.