Friday, August 2, 2013

Drew Barrymore was a Rom-Com Queen

I was watching Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore when I realized that previous queens of romance-comedy films had a starring role in at least one romance-comedy that I really loved. Meg Ryan had When Harry Met Sally while Julia Roberts had My Best Friend's Wedding. They also had other films of that genre that I liked, such as Pretty Woman and I.Q. while they starred in a few more romance-comedies that were very popular. They also starred with the same leading man in at least two movies, Tom Hanks for Meg Ryan and Richard Gere for Julia Roberts.

Drew Barrymore tops them both with three romance-comedies that I loved, The Wedding Singer, Fever Pitch, and 50 First Dates. She's had a few other not-so-bad rom-com films and she starred with Adam Sandler twice. That's when I realized she was the rom-com queen right after Julia Roberts' and Meg Ryan's reign. I just don't think this was widely known or accepted at that time.

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