IFC News Podcast #64: The Science of Chemistry

Monday, February 11, 2008 | 12:00 AM

By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore

Last week in the New York Times, A.O. Scott mused that the romantic comedy has become the victim of "a dispiriting, uninspired sameness." Well, given that it's the week of Valentine's Day, we thought we take a look at his argument, give our thoughts on whether we agree, and discuss some of the on-screen pairings in the past few years that have actually worked thanks to chemistry and which iconic stars seem incapable of generating romantic chemistry with their fellow actors.

[Correction: In this podcast, we state that Kate Hudson is also the female lead in "Failure to Launch." This is incorrect — it was in fact Sarah Jessica Parker. We apologize for the error.]