Movie Review: It's Complicated
Review contributed by Sonali Agarwal


Written/directed by Nancy Meyers and starring the ever-versatile Meryl Steep in an apt role, "It's Complicated" is a story about Jane - a mother of three grown-ups, who's been divorced for a decade, is content with her bakery/restaurant business and now looks forward to building a house (especially a kitchen) that she always wanted. In her perfectly simple life, all hell breaks loose when she starts an affair with her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin). With Jake re-married, Jane now becomes "the other woman" in his life. Parallely, Jane's architect - Adam (Steve Martin) who is also recently divorced, starts finding her company enjoyable. What follows is a string of complicated situations while Jane tries to deal with her own guilt and protect her children from knowing this fact.

The movie is hilarious and full of situational comedy. Meryl Steep and Alec Baldwin are brilliant in their performance, with Steve Martin following closely in the short screen-time that he gets. For me, the best part about the movie is the message that comes across - it is our decisions that complicate and simplify our lives. No one can help us, except us, if our lives do get complicated.


The movie is a complicated situation, told simply with no over-dose of drama and emotion. Go and watch it for sure!