Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Steve Carell has left The Office to focus on making films, because he’s in high demand as a comedic leading man--and because it’s nearly impossible to do more than one film a year if you’re the star of a TV series. Crazy, Stupid, Love christens this new chapter in his career, and it’s one of his better all-around performances, playing a man coping with his wife’s sudden demand for a divorce. He tries the singles scene (with help from lothario Ryan Gosling), and he tries to rekindle the romance with his ex (Julianne Moore). The film is sometimes touching, and it would be better off if it didn’t go for big laughs at points when it so obviously does. Kind of ruins the mood. As good as Carell is, Emma Stone’s trajectory continues to go higher and higher. She steals another movie without really trying.