“Celeste & Jesse Forever” is a fun spin on the romantic comedy that features some very likable leads and a very smart screenplay. It’s a bit unconventional but really entertaining.

Rashida Jones, who co-wrote the screenplay, and Andy Samberg star as the title characters – a divorcing couple who remain best friends, much to the chagrin of family and friends.

Jesse (Samberg) still believes there is a chance the couple will get back together, but Celeste (Jones) is more concerned with her career and convinced that Jesse will never grow up.

When Jesse realizes that they probably won’t get back together, he gets involved in a relationship with another woman (Rebecca Dayan). The more serious Jesse’s new relationship becomes, the more Celeste starts to think that maybe she was wrong about ending the marriage.

Jones and Samberg have great chemistry and really make the material work. Jones is very good, but I was more impressed with Samberg, who shows a bit of a dramatic side.

The film also benefits from strong writing, with Jones and Will McCormack creating some memorable characters that feel very real. These are people with real problems, and real flaws.

“Celeste & Jesse” doesn’t adhere to the romantic comedy formula either – the film evolves into a final act that feels authentic – and doesn’t necessarily have all the answers.

This is a film with a quirky charm that really won me over. If you are looking for a good date movie, I think you will like it too.

DVD dandy of the week

This week’s dandy is “Snow White and the Huntsman” (B-), the better of the two Snow White adaptations released this year – even with a miscast lead.

That would be Kristen Stewart from “Twilight” fame, who isn’t as interesting as the film around her.

“Snow White and the Huntsman” begins with a great setup – the evil Ravenna (Charlize Theron) arrives in the kingdom run by Snow White’s father and kills the king on their wedding night so she can ascend the throne.

She locks Snow White away in a dungeon until she learns that the girl is the key to her ability to rule forever.

Snow White manages to escape before Ravenna can kill her, so the queen hires a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to hunt Snow White down and bring her back to the kingdom.

But when the huntsman finds Snow White, he decides to side with her – agreeing to help her mount an army and destroy Ravenna.

First-time director Rupert Sanders does a nice job, creating a visually compelling film. To its credit, “Snow White and the Huntsman” goes all-in with a dark Brothers Grimm/Robin Hood-esque feel.

Even the dwarves, who provide a small bit of comic relief, fit in with the tone, with familiar faces such as Bob Hoskins and Ian McShane playing the roles in a clever bit of CGI work.

Theron makes a much better queen than Julia Roberts did in 2012’s other Snow White film “Mirror Mirror” and Hemsworth is fine, too.

The film’s biggest problem proves to be Stewart, who doesn’t have the range to project a character who is supposed to evolve into a dynamic leader. Stewart has been good in films like “The Runaways,” but here she relies too much on that sulky silent act she’s coasted on as Bella in the “Twilight” films. No matter how hard the film tries, it’s hard to buy Stewart as a match for Theron’s nastiness.

Of course the film now takes on an added dimension with the recent revelations of an off-screen relationship between Stewart and Sanders. At least those who rent or buy this as a curiosity factor will get a halfway decent movie.

“Snow White and the Huntsman” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality, and it will be available Tuesday on DVD.

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