Playing It Cool

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Justin Reardon directs. Jeff Cutter behind the camera. Jake Monaco scores. Catherine Haight cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 12 years ago.
• 2Directed by Justin Reardon, shot by Jeff Cutter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Jake Monaco. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Catherine Haight shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan and Topher Grace carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Love... it's a balancing act".
• 7IMDB entry: tt2139555 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 9 themes, including "screenwriter", "romcom", "romance", "love".

The technical file

Cinematography

Jeff Cutter

Original score

Jake Monaco

Editing

Catherine Haight

Production design

Patrick Lumb

Makeup / hair

Charlotte Parker

VFX supervisor

Vico Sharabani

Sound

Aaron Levy

Stunt coordinator

Andy Cheng

Runtime

94 min · 1h 34m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Box office

$1,323,415

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Playing It Cool (2014) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

14% 🥫 Rotten

Metacritic

30/100

IMDB rating

5.9/10 · 31,835 votes

MPAA

R

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Playing it Cool - Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Chris Evans Comedy Movie HD

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Wonderland Sound and Vision

  US

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  Voltage Pictures

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerChris Evans
• Set DresserDouglas Woods
• Set DresserYoel Ancieta
• PropsGreg Manke
• GripBrenden "Snake" Craighill
• Key CostumerAdrienne Greshock
• Co-ProducerCorrie Rothbart
• Costume DesignerBeth Pasternak
• Boom OperatorTim Song Jones
• Post Production SupervisorLarry Ferguson Jr.
• Property MasterGregory R. Wolf
• Co-Executive ProducerJon Poll
• Set DecorationLisa Clark
• Art Department AssistantMichelle Waring
• Assistant Chief Lighting TechnicianLuke Kalarickal
• Hair Department HeadCharlotte Parker
• First Assistant DirectorRod Smith
• Post Production SupervisorKelley Cribben
• Set DresserMyles Lumb
• Camera OperatorTimothy Roarke
• Key GripWilliam Buckingham III
• Production DesignPatrick Lumb
• Stunt CoordinatorAndy Cheng
• Steadicam OperatorGavin Ames

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• screenwriter
• romcom
• romance
• love
• friends
• los angeles, california
• lying
• engaged
• amused

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2015-05-08R

Also known as

International titles

• A Many Splintered ThingUS
• Tra le righe dell'amore - Playing It CoolIT
• Playing it Cool - Irgendwann erwischt es jedenDE
• Como Seduzir uma AmigaPT