In 2012 , Blunt starred in the comedy '' The Five-Year Engagement '' , directed by Nicholas Stoller and co-starring Jason Segel , in which she and Segel played a couple whose relationship becomes strained when their engagement is continually extended . The film earned positive reviews , with Elizabeth Weitzman of the '' New York Daily News '' remarking that " Blunt has never been more relaxed , and she and Segel have a believably warm chemistry . " She then starred in '' Looper '' , a neo-noir science-fiction thriller directed by Rian Johnson and co-starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt . Blunt played Sara , a tough farm woman and single mother , who aids and falls in love with Gordon-Levitt 's character . The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival , where it served as the opening film , and earned highly positive feedback . Todd McCarthy of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' credited Blunt for " effectively revealing Sara 's tough and vulnerable sides . " Also that year , she starred in the comedy-drama '' Arthur Newman '' with Colin Firth , as the troubled Charlotte , who is trying to run away from her past . The film received generally mixed to negative reviews
Toronto International Film Festival
2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Emily Blunt