Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt are great fun in ‘The Fall Guy’ (review)

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'The Fall Guy' is a delightful blend of action, comedy and romance that will make the audience feel like a Hollywood insider for a few hours.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Emily Blunt, left, and Ryan Gosling in a scene from "The Fall Guy." One of the worst movie sins is when a comedy fails to at least match the natural charisma of its stars. Not all actors are capable of being effortlessly witty without a tightly crafted script and some excellent direction and editing. But Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt seem, at least from afar, adept at that game. Just look at their charming press tour for ".

Colt is a workaday stunt performer and longtime go-to for a major movie star, Tom Ryder . Tom is the kind deeply egotistical and self-conscious A-lister who tells everyone he does his own stunts and worries out loud about Colt’s jawline being distractingly softer than his. I think the word potato is thrown around as a descriptor.

It’s revealing that the movie starts with Colt suffering a terrible injury on a set. The stunt that goes wrong is one he’s just done and doesn’t seem remotely nervous about. The film cuts to his recovery and semi-reclusive retirement until he gets a call from Tom’s producer Gail begging Colt to come back for a new film. They need him, she pleads, as does his longtime crush Jody who is making her directorial debut. She waits to inform him that Tom is missing and he’s the one who has to find him.

There is something very juvenile and sweet about Jody and Colt’s will-they-won’t-they romance, with its mix of attraction, banter, misunderstandings and hurt feelings. It was a genius stroke to cast these two opposite each other and it leaves you wanting more scenes with the two.

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