The internet is quite right when it tells us that cricketer Virat Kohli is nursing his heartbreak quite hilariously. With an obsessive streak to show that he is having a gala time, it’s quite evident that the man hasn’t been able to move on post his break-up with his ladylove Anushka Sharma.
We are quite worried. As well-wishers, here’s a list of five movies our cricketer can watch, that will help him move on and maybe even laugh about it.
High Fidelity (2000)
If you want to find out why the dating thing is not working out for you, you are watching the right film. Rob Gordon (John Cusack), our protagonist, is a self-confessed music lover who has an abysmal understanding of women, and wants to figure out where he goes wrong. With a memorable monologue thrown in, this film is about a man-child grappling with his arrested adolescence, and chances are very high that you will resonate with the proceedings. Break-up movies can’t get better and madder than this.
Why: Ideally, Virat should be reading Nick Hornby’s popular book, but we understand how difficult it would be concentrate on pages after pages filled with words. So, watch the film.
500 Days of Summer (2009)
The narrator tells the viewer in the first five minutes of the movie that though the story is about a boy and girl, it isn’t a love story. This is a film that reverses the usual order by making the guy romantic while the girl wishes to keep the events casual. As the title suggests, it’s about a 500-day rollercoaster relationship between Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, a girl who doesn’t believe in love, and Tom, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who believes in love and is truly in love with Summer. Highly inventive and quirky in its approach, and told from the guy’s point of view, this heartfelt film tells us how crazy, stupid that wonderful thing called love can be.
Why: This is the film that tells you, why letting someone else define you can be so damaging. And it’s charming!
Swingers (1996)
From the sex-crazy to the unsure romantic, this comedy understands the male psyche like no other. Jon Favreau stars as Mike, a guy who has been dumped by his girlfriend of six years. He doesn’t know how to deal with this loss and his buddy, played by Vince Vaughn, tries to help him out but in all the wrong ways. With every archetype of man on display, laugh out loud one-liners, to some awesome swing dancing, this is a film that hits home just the right way.
Why: You’ll be laughing through your misery, and also you’ll also be reminded that there is life after heartbreak.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
When his TV star girlfriend Sarah (Kristen Bell) breaks up with him after a five-year long relationship, a devastated Peter takes a holiday in Hawaii to forget about her, only to discover that Sarah has also landed there – with her new boyfriend! Though it contains some of the oldest clichés of the romantic comedy genre, this film salvages itself with engaging performances, a series of hilarious gags, above all, with Jason Segel, an actor who when he is being macho, is utterly believable, and when nursing his broken-up heart becomes your gentle giant.
Why: The movie is funny and self-aware, and might lend you some much needed perspective.
Annie Hall (1977)
An honest and ironic commentary on relationships, Annie Hall is about Jewish New York comic Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) falling in love with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), going through many ups and downs, and finally breaking up. Wounded, Alvy starts an autopsy, analyzing every aspect of their relationship and trying to determine what caused the end. Does the mortality of love really have an answer? Alvy doesn’t quite find any answers, much like how it would be in real life, but the ride is worth it.
Why: A masterstroke of comic writing and a moving account of love, Allen’s re-examination of life and love with the vital bite is right out of the breakup starter kit.
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