Softly, softly, catchee monkey, I thought to myself....slow and sure was the way with a woman like this.

I enjoyed reading those couplets.

'Will this little shack serve – or do we go further?' I asked. 'Oh, I guess we'll make out,' she said. And together we waded through the delicate cream carpet to explore.

In some respects, it might be too faithful to the genre it savages; as in many real rom-coms, the energy flags during the plot’s backstretch, and audiences may share the drifting interest of Kyle (Bill Hader) and Karen (Ellie Kemper), who come to regret ever asking Joel and Molly to chronicle their meet-cute.