Mad Love

2011

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  • 1

6.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
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Kate, Connie, Larry, and Ben are New Yorker thirty somethings searching for love in the city. When Kate and Ben meet and fall for each other, their friends remain cynical about the relationship.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Invister D I loved this series right at the beginning. My favorite stars, favorite songs - it was all perfect. I watched every episode with my girl beside me.This show is fantastic. It's kinda cute too. The couple Ben and Kate are really adorable. The comedy is good too. Larry is a guy who is super-cool and fat too.I recommend this show to those who like to watch romantic comedy stuff. I wonder why this show has an average rating of 6; it should have been 8 at the least.Anyway, I'm waiting on an another season to release. I reckon it's not possible. This one season is all we've got, sadly.
Jordan Carey This is a watered-down version of HIMYM except the water is made of lame. Come on, I know exactly what type of episode it will be AND know what overused ending they'll go with just from the titles. I wanted to like this show. Judy Greer usually picks good projects. If she's being paid a large amount to be in this then she needs to tell us or we'll never forgive her. Sometimes the pauses for the laugh track are longer than the laughs. I don't know why they'd edit it like that but they do and the whole cast ends up holding their facial expressions for too long, and the American Pie guy can only do one expression: bewildered. It's the one he uses when Eugene Levy catches him impregnating a pie. I don't need to be reminded of Eugene Levy. This was going to be rated a 3 but while re-reading this, I'm now going 2.
szepi79 First of all, the pilot is a little lame, but the show gets better. At first glimpse, it's the next HIMYM, but -1 character (which, at the start was the 'next FRIENDS' -1 character), but it improves.We have four people: Ben (Jason Biggs), Kate (Sarah Chalke), Connie (Judy Greer) and Larry (Tyler Labine).Ben and Kate almost immediately hook up the moment they see each other. Do you know the feeling, when you get on a bus, take your seat, and the next stop a young couple gets on, the guy sits next to you, the girl sits on the guy's lap, they start making out, often pushing you with their elbows? This is how I feel when I watch these two. They are disturbingly oversweet. Even when they are arguing, it doesn't seem real, and you know right away, they will get back together in no time. The second disturbing thing is: Sarah looks like 33-34, Jason's around 24-25 (even though, in real life, he is only a 1-2 years younger). He tries to grow a mustache and a beard, but that's only creepy.On the other hand, Judy's and Tyler's characters are much more interesting. Even though they seem to hate each other, their verbal fights are very witty and funny, kind of like in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, you can't help watching them and hoping for them to get together. (Which, I hope will never occur, since they would lose their most of their characteristics, just like (SPOILER) Leonard in TBBT, after hooking up with Penny.)Other than the disturbing syrup of Ben and Kate's overperfect love, the show is quite good, funny jokes, and some familiar guest stars.
pilsberimann1989 When I first heard about Mad Love I instantly thought of How I met your mother, which is not a bad thing to begin with, but a huge pair of footsteps in which Mad Love has to fit in somehow, and I believe that many people beside me thought the same way So what is Mad Love all about : Mad Love is about 2 New Yorker ,Ben Parr and Kate Swanson, who fall in love on first sight , and their 2 best friends Larry Munsch and Connie Grabowski, who hate-love each other on the first sight.Before I get to the Story of how Ben and Kate fell in love , lets do a quick look on the characters.Ben Parr : Ben is the main character of the show and pretty much the same as Ted Mosby from HIMYM, that means he is gooey and romantic and is in search of true love, they even have the same style of clothes. To be honest Jason Biggs, the actor of Ben Parr, did not convince me in the pilot , I don't know why , but he just didn't bring it maybe it has to do with the apple pie that is stuck into my head like a bad splinter every time I see Jason Biggs , but on the other hand Josh Radnor, the actor of Ted Mosby, didn't convince me either in HIMYM's pilot, so maybe he does in the future.Kate Swanson : The first scene with Kate in Mad Love was hilarious, and I think one of the best ways to introduce a character. Kate is also a more gooey and romantic type of person, who finally wants to find Mr. Right. Sarah Chalke is on of my favorite actresses and she did a great job in the pilot. I loved the nerd line she tossed to Ben , just adorable.Larry Munsch: While I wrote his name down on my computer I started smiling , cause this guy is just hilarious. He is the best friend of Ben and also his work buddy. He is pretty skeptical and cynical about love. If you want a description of Larry Munsch you could say that he is more or less like Barney Stinson if you want to stick to the relation of Mad Love and HIMYM, but to be honest I would not recommend doing so, I mean yeah , their characters have some parts in common, but you could describe Larry Munsch much better as Bert Wysocki in a suit. If you don't get it , watch Reaper asap ! But as much is I loved seeing Tyler Labine playing Larry Munsch I had big concern : I really do hope that the writers of Mad Love throw some dramatic scenes towards Larry, cause it would suck somehow if Larry is just abused for the laughter.Connie Grobowski: Connie is the best friend of Kate, and also like Larry somehow cynical and skeptical about love, but just like Larry tries to help in the fairy tale of true love between Kate and Ben, at least in the pilot. Connie is played by Judy Greer, who is just like Sarah Chalke an awesome actress, who knows what she is doing. I watched the pilot like 3 or 4 times now and I am still laughing about the dialogue she and Larry had in the bar So that's it for the characters ,got rather long than quick, but nevertheless, let's get to the plot of the pilot, without trying spoilering to much :I have to say, I did not like the gooey and romantic part of the pilot of Mad Love, everything was so full of half baked cliché's and one of the key-scenes between Ben and Kate did not make any sense to me after I watched it for three times ( SPOILER : I mean the thing with the hat... ), and I hope that the writers will do a better job in that in future episodes. Don't get me wrong, the love story of Ben and Kate had everything : Love on 1st sight , fireworks, a break up because of Murphy's law and a reunion,it's just that you could predict the flow of the story after just a few minutes into the pilot.The comedy part of Mad Love was or is pretty good and I laughed a couple of times mostly because of Greer and Labine and if the writers can keep that level of comedy, I think the show will do pretty good.In my opinion Mad Love is more than worth your time if you are into shows like that, and for the sake of two of my favorite actors , namely Sarah Chalke and Tyler Labine, I hope that this show will get at least 2 or 3 seasons. I will not give the show any kind of note or something , because I feel not qualified enough for doing so, just watch it and make your own opinion.That's it , that's all .