plural rom-coms
: romantic comedy
That's where the rom-com comes in, that wayward genre of sweet serendipity and forgivably thin plots set to rising music …—
Vogue
VogueOne of the film's pleasures is its movie within a movie, the rom-com "I Love You, I Love New York."—Tad Friend
—often used before another nounTad Frienda silly rom-com plot
Does anybody cry funnier than Segel does in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the wonderful rom-com farce he not only starred in but wrote?—Jim Windolf
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While her work in the 2000s was primarily in B-movies, she was cast in a small role in the 2003 beloved holiday rom-com Love Actually.
—John Russell, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
The current script for the movie is being written by Jeff Chan, who wrote the rom-com Plus One; previous drafts were written by Dana Fox, Katie Dippold, Adam Sztykiel, Jenny Jaffe, Lindsey Beer, and Tamara Becher-Wilkinson.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Delaney previously appeared in Apple’s Matthew Vaughn spy thriller Argylle, appears in its forthcoming Sian Heder drama Being Heumann, and is also serving as a consultant on its limited series adaptation of 2006 rom-com The Holiday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Then these same superhero physiques appeared in rom-coms and dramas as regular-degular guys, muscles included.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026
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John Russell, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
The current script for the movie is being written by Jeff Chan, who wrote the rom-com Plus One; previous drafts were written by Dana Fox, Katie Dippold, Adam Sztykiel, Jenny Jaffe, Lindsey Beer, and Tamara Becher-Wilkinson.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Delaney previously appeared in Apple’s Matthew Vaughn spy thriller Argylle, appears in its forthcoming Sian Heder drama Being Heumann, and is also serving as a consultant on its limited series adaptation of 2006 rom-com The Holiday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Then these same superhero physiques appeared in rom-coms and dramas as regular-degular guys, muscles included.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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