This is a callback to the iconic Rock Hudson-Doris Day starrer, Pillow Talk. Because Debbie and Peter spend so much time apart, their interactions often happen over the phone or via split-screen. The premise is similar to the modern classic, The Holiday, by legendary romantic comedy director Nancy Meyers, with the house-switching- but if Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet hooked up together instead. Meanwhile, Peter realizes he has romantic feelings for her, and they both begin to wonder if it was a mistake to friendzone the other back in the day. When she gets to the Big Apple, her dream job and dream guy materialize. After she gets a great opportunity to take a career-improvement course in his city, they agree to swap homes, while he also provides childcare. He’s a businessman with a swanky NYC apartment, and she’s a divorced mom with an unfulfilling job in L.A. They star as Debbie and Peter, college BFFs who now live very different lives. This movie rectifies that while serving tons of ‘00s nostalgia! Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher spent a lot of the aughts starring in rom-coms, but somehow never ended up in one together. Despite being nearly two decades old, the period piece never feels tired, and is a frequent rewatch. It’s also peak “corset era” Knightley and she even earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. There have been many on-screen iterations of Pride and Prejudice, but nothing surpasses Joe Wright’s 2005 stunner. (So does Darcy, although he'd probably not admit it!) Elizabeth’s sisters and cousins often make spectacles of themselves in public, and Darcy’s best friend becomes quite bumbling and awkward around his crush. The humor largely comes from the comedy of errors while our characters try to find marriage partners, as well as cringey social interactions. It is the most dramatic of the romcoms on this list, and also the swooniest. She loathes him, yet he falls in love with her. In this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Keira Knightley is the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays the seemingly insufferable and snobby Mr. (Image credit: Moviestore Collection Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)
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