Just yesterday I was griping that we don’t get enough shirtless men, and today we’re treated with the holy grail of shirtless men, the mere thought of which has me hearing angels singing and seeing light streaming from the clouds. Ryan Gosling takes off his shirt off at the very end of the trailer for Crazy Stupid Love (at 2:20 above), and his on-screen love interest Emma Stone complains “seriously? It’s like you’re Photoshopped.” I think I would just stand there with my mouth hanging open if I were in her place.

Don’t fast forward to the end to see Ryan gracefully lift off his shirt to reveal his rippling six pack. It’s worth it to spend a couple minutes with this trailer. It’s a twist on the traditional romcom, with dual love stories between a divorced guy (Steve Carell) and his ex wife (Julianne Moore) and a player (Ryan Gosling) and the woman who finally challenges him (Emma Stone). Ryan’s character runs into Steve’s character and gives him a man makeover after his split, and then we’re treated to Ryan getting humbled by Emma while Steve rekindles his relationship with Julianne. I admire all these actors and it’s nice to see them on screen together. There are also cameos from Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon.

The trailer reminds me of all the great John Hughes movies of my teen years and of Easy A, which I loved, (and which was a homage to Hughes in a way) but the only commonality is Emma Stone. The writer and directors didn’t work on that film and have mostly kids and animated movies to their credit, except for I Love you Philip Morris, which both of the directors worked on.

I’m really looking forward to this one, but unfortunately it’s not out until July 29th. For now we have Ryan Gosling shirtless though, and that’s enough.

Thanks to OK! for the heads up!