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==Comedy==
Genre-labeling is usually a fool's game, especially with as sophisticated a work of art as IKWIG, but here goes. "Romance film" seems quite a pale and inadequate category. It is most certainly a comedy, and not merely because of a few jokes throughout. Its ending confirms its overall romantic & comedic tone. Various of the linked reviews concur, including Criterion and TCM. [[User:Cloonmore|Cloonmore]] ([[User talk:Cloonmore|talk]]) 03:42, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
: How do you define a comedy? I use the [http://uk.imdb.com/updates/guide/genres IMDb genre definitions]. That says that to be considered a comedy, ''virtually all scenes should contain characters participating in humorous or comedic experiences.'' There are some jokes and a few comedic scenes in it but they are a tiny percentage of the whole. What's comedic about the ending? I don't often see many people laughing at the ending when it's screened. Just because a few other sites label it a comedy (I see that Criterion does but I don't see it on the TCM site), is that any reason to propagate the description? It's probably best to leave out any attempt at genre labelling -- [[User:SteveCrook|SteveCrook]] ([[User talk:SteveCrook|talk]]) 05:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
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