How to Use romantic comedy in a Sentence
romantic comedy
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In no genre has that been more true than in romantic comedies.
—Sarah Bregel, Parents, 27 June 2024
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The battle of the Kiki vs. the Bouba has long been a trope in romantic comedies, both on the small and silver screen.
—Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 24 June 2023
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If romantic comedies are dead, Netflix has yet to get the memo.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
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This scenario seems to be the plotline in many romantic comedies, but no one wants to live the real-life version.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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The musical is based on the 1990 hit movie, a romantic comedy that starred Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2023
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The new trailer for the romantic comedy Love Again features the real-life couple making out in the back of a taxi.
—Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
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There are so many romantic comedy scripts that are getting sent to me now!
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
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The year of the age-gap romantic comedy is about to continue on Netflix.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
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In a good romantic comedy, hate is only the prelude to love.
—Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
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As in all romantic comedies, the film lives or dies by how much the audience is invested in the couple at the center.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
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The duo’s work on the past romantic comedy just brought in a record-breaking $200 million worldwide.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
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Kate Hudson stopped by The View for Thursday’s episode to share her take on the genre and covered her keys to a classic romantic comedy.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
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In this British romantic comedy, Piper Perabo plays a woman who is about to get married to a man she's been with for years.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 May 2023
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The film holds the crown as the highest-grossing romantic comedy ever made.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
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The Idea of You, a new romantic comedy starring Anne Hathaway, is the latest entrant in this genre.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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The romantic comedy is a diverse genre that revolves around the countless ways people fall in love.
—James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 25 July 2024
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With a reincarnation twist, this romantic comedy is full of big hair and a big heart.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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Meg Ryan is reclaiming her place as queen of the romantic comedy.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
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Meg Ryan is back with her first romantic comedy in nearly 15 years.
—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Where romantic comedies have failed since is often in their restraint.
—Time, 11 July 2023
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Ahead, see photos of King, Kidman and more stars in their designer looks for the red carpet premiere of the new romantic comedy.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 14 June 2024
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See our list of romantic comedies that probably never should have been made.
—Keertana Sastry, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2023
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Rodriguez's first film role was in the 1999 romantic comedy Coming Soon.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2024
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In the romantic comedy, the pair travels to America from Ireland, hoping to make their way to Oklahoma to claim free land.
—Brittany Natale, ELLE, 29 June 2023
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Project details are being kept under wraps but it’s been described as a romantic comedy set in New York.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
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And then the other was a romantic comedy with an element of fantasy in it.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
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Julia stars as the leading lady in both romantic comedies.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
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Their encounter is clumsy but electric — a meet-cute fit for a romantic comedy.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
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My love life was like a romantic comedy minus the happy ending.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
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Historically, the right movie has been a crowd-pleasing middlebrow picture, frequently a dramatic thriller or a romantic comedy, that lays out a story in broad strokes and then depends on its star to command the screen around them.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2024
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