Celeste & Jesse Forever Review

A rom-com that skips past the first two acts of a relationship to dwell on the push-pull politics of the break-up, this mainstream mumblecore movie is a good idea in search of actual characters to play it out. We love Rashida Jones, but it’s easier to root for her than the vapid LA “trend consultant” she plays — a supposedly smart career woman reduced, in typically patronising Hollywood fashion, to little more than a quivering biological clock when her ex (the appealing but equally under-served Andy Samberg) finds love elsewhere. Celeste and Jesse aren’t even for Christmas, let alone forever.