Playing It Cool

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Playing It Cool

R

2015

1h 34m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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A lovestruck man enters into a platonic relationship with a woman who's already engaged to someone else.

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Playing It Cool pits Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan's easy chemistry against a screenplay that tries too hard to be quirky and clever, and the results are disappointingly lukewarm.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

05/08/2015

1.5/4

Only the really strong cast, including great chemistry between the leads, keeps "Playing It Cool" from totally derailing.

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

05/08/2015

2/5

Screenwriters Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair's script feels like a first draft that was written in one night as they got pumped up on Red Bull and speed-watched Netflix.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

05/07/2015

You know you're in trouble when almost every character is given a name except the two leads.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Cinencuentro

02/01/2018

2/4

'Playing it Cool' is disappointing not because it's unlike any other romantic comedy, but because it tries not to be one and fails spectacularly. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sarah Marrs

Lainey Gossip

10/16/2017

I have uncontrollable hatred for this movie. I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns. It's the dumbest movie I've seen in recent memory.

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

12/18/2015

1/5

Worst of all, though, is its wholesale waste of an insanely talented cast - and not just Evans and Monaghan... I enjoy every last one of them, but not like this. Dear god, not like this.

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K T

@Cinemasad Feb 15

Why? Why did anyone involved do this?

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Dec 28

Playing It Cool (2015) This movie is really bad, I confess that the only thing I liked was the chemistry between the protagonists. The script is terrible, several characters are annoying, and I didn't like the film's aesthetic.

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Rob A

@RT76386004 Sep 8

It's not nearly as bad as most of the reviews suggest, as Chris Evans obsesses over a sassy yet spoken for Michelle Monaghan. Luke Wilson and Topher Grace co-star.

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Ken H

@disciple177 07/16/2025

Written terribly and where did you get a producer and director like this???

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Cate C

@RT71865861 06/18/2025

After having to sit through the materialists (hot garbage) I would highly recommend that you come home and watch this delightfully cute rom-com.

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SLReflections P

@RT17837636 04/21/2025

Giving it one star for the good cast. Movie was really bad though.

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Synopsis

A lovestruck man enters into a platonic relationship with a woman who's already engaged to someone else.

Director: Justin Reardon
Producer: Nicolas Chartier, Craig J. Flores, McG, Mary Viola
Screenwriter: Chris Shafer, Paul Vicknair
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Wonderland Sound and Vision, Voltage Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 8, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2015
Runtime: 1h 34m

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