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4 RomComs That Are Sweet On-Screen But Would Be Effing Creepy in Real Life

By anna on 15 October 2009  |  1 Comment

Oh, romantic comedies. Chicks love them, guys claim that they can’t stand them (but that might be a lie), and at the rate they get churned out, they remain a force to be reckoned with in the Hollywood money-making machine. But have we ever really considered the scenarios that these cheese-filled guilty pleasures present? Though sweet and romantic, we’re willing to bet that if these situations were carried out in real life, most would lead to one thing: a restraining order.

So let’s break down the scenes from some well-known and classic romantic comedies that your girlfriend and little sister hold as the pinnacle of romanticism but are actually creepy and stalkerish.

1. While You Were Sleeping – There’s a stranger that you’re obsessed with from afar. You (meaning Sandra Bullock) pose as his fiancée after saving his life and dupe his whole family into believing that you’re the real deal while he lies comatose in the hospital. Finally, you come clean about the whole hoax because you realize that you’re actually in love with his brother. Either that, or the guilt is just eating away at you.

So, someone remind us again – how is being an imposter to get closer to the man you’re creepily obsessed with from afar romantic (or normal)? Oh right. It’s not.

2. Say Anything – The down-trodden, futureless Lloyd (John Cusack – a classic romcom staple) falls head-over-heels for prissy class valedictorian Diane (Ione Skye). The two start seeing each other, but Diane is going off to college in the fall and wants to break things off with Lloyd. Lloyd is persistent, however, and in his efforts to keep Diane’s heart, he finds himself standing outside her house with a boombox raised over his head, blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.”

Every girl who has seen this movie is ga-ga for Lloyd, but let’s get real. If a guy stood outside your house, blasting the sappiest song ever written, and waiting for you to give him the time of day, we’d be seriously concerned. File that behavior under “stalker.”

3. Sleepless in Seattle – Though this movie is the epitome of romance for some, we don’t know what’s crazier: believing you’ve found your soulmate when you hear someone on the radio or read someone’s letter, or flying across the country and stalking out their address because you want to meet them so badly – which is precisely what happens between Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in this romance-fest!

Pursuing total strangers whom you know nothing about is not a good idea under any circumstances!

4. Maid in Manhattan – Another classic case of falling into a mistaken identity and not saying anything about it (we’re pretty sure that’s called lying)! Marisa (JLo) works as a maid at one of NYC’s most posh hotels. One afternoon, her fellow maid dares her to try on a beautiful dress they find in a rich lady’s hotel room while they’re cleaning. Wearing this designer gown, Marisa bumps into Chris (Ralph Fiennes), a well-off man who is running for Senate. Assuming Marisa is the rich socialite, Chris spends the afternoon with her and is smitten. Chris later calls her to set up a date and finds the woman in that hotel room is not the woman he met. Marisa then has to live down her lie to try to pursue a relationship with someone leagues out of her social class.

The fact that romance can happen between two extremely different people is great, but a situation where someone leads another person on…kind of disturbing and not romantic!

Any other romcoms to add to this list? Leave a comment!

1 Comment so far

1. By Keith on 24 October 2009

   I’ve actually seen Sleepless in Seattle. I didn’t think it was very good (I’d give it two stars). I refuse to watch Say Anything…, for personal reasons (college, futurelessness come too close to home).