Rating of
1.5/4
Too much sappiness, not enough realism.
Tino - wrote on 05/22/08
The film starts out trying to focus on the realistic fighting of a marriage, and simply annoys the viewers right away. The film gets better, but the main fault here is casting. Hilary Swank doesn't do well as the typical romantic comedy role. She is a terrific actress whom typically strong dramas, as stronger and more complex female characters. The rest of the cast, such as Kathy Bates and Lisa Kudrow, do excellent supporting work. All of this teamed up with Harry Connick Jr.'s less than stellar performance in a basically pointless role, throws this one to the curb, where it belongs when there are better and more romantic films out there, such at Atonement.
