Just Friends (2005) 7/10

Starring : Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein
Director : Roger Kumble
Running Time : 96 mins

A fat kid named Chris Brander (Reynolds) grows up and gets into trim, then runs into Jamie Palamino (Smart), the girl he loved at school but never got to date as he was trapped in the "friends" zone. He tries his best to get together with her, but this only leads to a series of convoluted set pieces, most of which are actually quite funny.

Basically this is the typical romantic comedy you'd expect from the US in recent years. This isn't Ryan Reynolds at his best, but Anna Faris is very good (as usual - she's the only good thing about the Scary Movie franchise), and it's pretty clear that Kumble takes a lot of his ideas and gross out sense of humour from having worked with the Farrelly brothers. Definitely worth watching if you've got the time to spare.

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