clevurguy

Hmmm. Looking for an older romcom and heard about this. Although good in parts, leaves a lot to be desired. It has some funny moments for sure.. ubt a few that would definitely make your grandmother blush or turn away or both. (Let's face it, you wouldn't even start watching this with your grandmother. This movie was still holding on to what I would call, "The American Pie Formula" in 2009 no less. Where gross-out was considered good, or atleast part of the formula. (My how far we've come.) Again some laugh-out-loud funny parts, but meh. Acting is decent, characters are decent.. and that's this movie in a nutshell for me... decent-ish.

I give it 4/10 felated hotdogs.

I was searching for an old RomCom of which most, if not all of these actors have been in at one time or another. I regret that I didn't put 2 and 2 together until half way through this.. I understand this isn't a RomCom or trying to be one per se, but it has a few elements that could lead you to believe in kindness and goodness before plunging down the dark rabbit hole that it does. I love these actors (although not super familiar with Clive Owen.) I understand Julia Roberts can't make 12 "Pretty Woman", Jude Law can't do another "Holiday" and Natalie Portman just stretches herself period, but I was hoping for a little magic, which I didn't really get. The acting is good.. bar none. The story is realistic-ish but super complex and after awhile, i just didn't care enough anymore. More tears were shed by the 2 female leads in this than probably multiple other movies they've done in their careers. Most of all I just didn't like it. Didn't like the characters, didn't like where things were going. Didn't like the convoluted plot which begs you to wach it again, which I won't do. It's a shame to have such a talented cast for this sub-par-wanna-be-hackneyed-crap. Pass on this, you'd be better off.

I give it 3/10 who really cares?