The newsroom comedy it is descended from
His Girl Friday (1940) set the antagonistic-professionals template that this film is still working inside.
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The tradition it came out of, and the one it ended
Screwball to Ephron to the mid-budget collapse.
Three pieces
In this section
Nora Ephron made the version everyone compares to
When Harry Met Sally (1989) is the benchmark the genre is measured against, fairly or not.
The mid-budget studio comedy stopped being made
After roughly 2013 the economics moved to franchises and streaming, and the budget band this film sat in largely disappeared.
Lineage
The line this film sits on
- His Girl Friday, 1940Howard Hawks sets the antagonistic-professionals template in a newsroom. The structure is still running here.
- When Harry Met Sally, 1989Nora Ephron establishes the benchmark the genre is measured against, fairly or not.
- 27 Dresses, 2008Heigl and the mid-budget studio romantic comedy at full commercial confidence.
- The Ugly Truth, 2009$38m out, roughly $205m back. The formula confirmed, near the end of its window.
- After roughly 2013The budget band moves to franchises and streaming, and this kind of film largely stops being made.