Julia Roberts believes we didn’t give enough credit to the rom-com boom of the 1990s, and she might be right.
Romantic comedies have been around since the early days of Hollywood. It is a genre that still reigns supreme. Although the genre experienced a lull in the late 2000s, the rom-com seems to be on a comeback with films like Set It Up, Love, Simon, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Marry Me.
Julia Roberts, who dominated the genre throughout the 90s, is returning to romantic comedies with the upcoming Ticket to Paradise. Roberts hopes that audiences will finally appreciate the hard work that goes into making feel-good cinema that is designed to make you laugh a lot while you shed a tear or two.
Roberts recently told the New York Times that she believes moviegoers didn’t truly appreciate the romantic comedy films of the 90s enough.
“I think we didn’t appreciate the bumper crop of romantic comedies that we had then,” Roberts said.
She also said the films were more complex than audiences gave them credit for.
Author: Alyssa Miller
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