[2] The film stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler, with supporting roles from Cobie Smulders, Christopher Meloni, Bill Hader, Ellie Kemper, Melanie Lynskey, and Ed Helms.

[4] As Joel and Molly have dinner with unhappy couple Kyle and Karen, they recount how they first began dating in NYC.

She invites him home for dinner, where Joel meets Molly's son Tucker from a previous relationship.

Joel goes to the sweet shop to apologize, but both take so long getting ready, him rehearsing out front and Molly going through a montage of trying on outfits, that they miss each other.

Following a video montage of the couple laughing and enjoying themselves in piles of leaves, the greengrocer's etc, they do a road trip so Joel can meet her parents.

In the present, Joel and Molly reveal that they are getting divorced, as their marriage has since fallen apart due to their failed business venture and increasing debts.

After they finish telling their story to Kyle and Karen, both couples wonder and then agree to give their marriages another shot.

[2] Rudd and Poehler participated in a table read of the script at the SF Sketchfest in January 2012.

The website's critics consensus states: "They Came Together is surprisingly messy and perhaps too smart for its own good, but Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd's chemistry is enough to overcome many of the movie's flaws.