Friday, October 2, 2009

Love Happens

'Love Happens' is a romantic comedy that manages to be neither romantic nor comedic. In fact, all the funniest lines go to the cockatoo.

It took me a while to figure out exactly what was wrong with this movie besides the endless travelogue shots of Seattle and the painfully obvious product placements. It started off tolerably well as a rather lightweight 'love/hate at first sight' story, and Eckhart at least showed some promise of depth.

But as the story grew more serious, I kept expecting the emotional stakes to get a little higher. A tragic setback. A dreadful secret. Something.

Instead, every sharp corner had been removed. The tragic setback is easily averted, the not-so-dreadful secret is revealed and resolved in three minutes flat, and everyone lives happily ever after. The end.

There. I just saved you an hour and forty-nine minutes. Two stars. Go rent 'Away We Go' instead.

(Murray didn't think much of it either. We've got to stop agreeing like this.)

1 comment:

  1. love happens is a romantic comedy drama in which jennifer aniston had played a very classic role , I like the movie only because of her and also I made love happens download in my pc

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