The last romantic comedy I can think of that was taken seriously is Moonstruck, and that was in 1987. (It won 3 Oscars and was nominated for 3 more.)
Most "romcoms" are pretty formulaic, though, and they're almost always written and directed by men. Part of the problem is that Hollywood has this idea of what women will want to watch, and anything outside that formula is too big a risk. So when women do write romcoms they still tend to be formulaic, because letting women write movies is a big enough risk on its own or whatever. (Seriously the WGA is, what 3/4 male? Or more? I found a stat that in 2004 only 18% of features were written by women.)
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Date: 2009-04-20 02:02 am (UTC)Most "romcoms" are pretty formulaic, though, and they're almost always written and directed by men. Part of the problem is that Hollywood has this idea of what women will want to watch, and anything outside that formula is too big a risk. So when women do write romcoms they still tend to be formulaic, because letting women write movies is a big enough risk on its own or whatever. (Seriously the WGA is, what 3/4 male? Or more? I found a stat that in 2004 only 18% of features were written by women.)