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June 27, 2014
David Wain's “They Came Together” identifies the tropes of the romantic comedy with uncommon acuity. If only it would stop winking so much.
Wain has made his film with an enviable collection of funny people. It stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler as the intractably drawn together couple, and Wain wrote it with “Wet Hot American Summer” co-writer and fellow “The State” alum Michael Showalter. Nearly everyone in the movie, even in small roles filled by Ed Helms to Bill Hader, is a comic talent.
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