Celeste & Jesse Forever

Director Lee Toland Krieger’s soulfully soundtracked romantic comedy stars Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg as young Los Angeles lovers who struggle to move on, and to maintain their friendship, after divorcing each other. It gets silly and messy, as you’d expect. Also sad and funny and true. Jones co-wrote the script (with actor Will McCormack, who appears here in a supporting role), and has, of course, flattered herself; more precisely, she’s created an opportunity to affirm not just her beauty and on-screen appeal, already obvious, but also the range of her emotional intelligence. Authentic, self-aware and clearly aspiring to the highest standards of its genre, the movie is easy to like without seeming cheap—as generous to its audience as to its characters. Co-stars include Chris Messina, Emma Roberts, Rebecca Dayan, Ari Graynor and Elijah Wood. J.K.