Katie Holmes isnt totally robotic in The Romantics trailer

Oh, this is a good one! Even though The Romantics only wrapped, like, in December or something, somehow a quickie trailer was cut, and here we have it! Katie Holmes being nailed to a tree by Mr. Fergie himself, Josh Duhamel. The Romantics is a pretty basic story about a group of old friends reuniting for a wedding. That wedding is supposed to be between Anna Paquin’s character and Josh Duhamel’s character. And Katie is a friend of both, but she and Duhamel used to date each other, and they’re still in love with each other, et cetera. Hijinks ensue. Other “friends” include Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Malin Akerman. Oh, and Candice Bergen is in there too somewhere.

Okay, this movie looks totally crappy and derivative, stealing from movies like The Big Chill, The Best Man (that surprisingly good movie with Taye Diggs and Nia Long) and Rachel Getting Married, amongst many others. That being said, it totally doesn’t look as terrible as it could be.

My favorite things about this trailer, in no particular order:

*Katie Holmes isn’t acting like she’s under constant threat of an audit by Xenu, she’s actually showing some emotional depth as an actress.

*Katie getting kissed passionately by Josh, which makes me wonder when this poor girl has ever been taken roughly against some shrubs by a man who doesn’t need to “pretend” he’s straight.

*Katie produced this film, so it’s nice to see her trying to do something beyond Xenu.

*Everyone is so short! Except for Katie and Josh, who seem like giants in the land of the little people.

*Anna looks nice! It’s good to see her working on something modern, without mucking around with vampires.

Here are some photos from the filming of The Romantics, which was in New York:

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