Ryan Gosling & Steve Carell team up in Crazy, Stupid, Love trailer

Ryan Gosling appears to be taking a break from the quite-so-heavy stuff in the trailer for his latest, Crazy, Stupid, Love .

After the punishing likes of Half Nelson and Blue Valentine , it makes a fun change to see Gosling dabbling with slightly lighter material, although this looks like it'll still come with a substantial dose of angst.

Crazy, Stupid, Love stars Steve Carell as a middle-aged guy whose life suddenly falls apart when his wife (Julianne Moore) leaves him.

Cue Gosling's arrival as a slick ladies' man who shows Carell the joys of 'playing', before he finds himself falling for Emma Stone's young temptress.

There's a promising mix of smart gags and emotional moments, so we could be onto a winner here. There's also a disconcerting amount of Gosling's buff bod...

Have a look for yourself right now:

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Crazy, Stupid, Love hits cinemas 2 September 2011.

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.