This is a severely flawed and generally lousy film - half the 800+ votes were perfect 10's, leading me to believe that people have been stuffing the ballot box.
Don't waste your time with this one.
Or you can just shut up and let people who watch the movie decide for themselves.
Why else would there be a message board if not for people to express their opinions? And I totally agree, there MUST have been some kind of tampering, this is your standard run-of-the-mill Hollywood romantic comedy, without any originality or finesse, lacking a remotely interesting or innovative script or even semi-good actors. I think a 4 would be a very generous rating. This shouldn't even go straight to DVD, but straight to VHS, buried in a dusty cellar somewhere and forgotten about. And it probably will. I certainly will be taking IMDB ratings a lot less seriously from now on, which is sad because in my experience they used to be relatively accurate.
shareYou took IMDB ratings seriously before?
shareLOL, nice one. Seriously, I used to also, but I know better now. A lot of terrible movies get great ratings, and I'm betting it has something to do with "viral marketing" or other marketing strategies out to deceive the audience.
shareNo, that's why I wrote that they "used to be pretty accurate before", illiterate one.
sharethis movie was pretty alright, pretty mediocre. it had a promising beginning but halfway through it does turn into one of those weak drama shows and doesnt quite deliver.
6/10
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this movie was horrible. there is no way that ending is ever going to happen. and if it did, that would have to be the most generous guy alive to forgive his wife and best friend for betraying him. i gave it a 1/10. worst RR movie ive seen so far
shareyour stupid did u watch the movie?
---SPOILER---
They had the affair b4 they wer together, no1 betrayed anyone
Last Movie Seen:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 10/10
Prom Night - 4/10
The Nines - 10/10
...that would have to be the most generous guy alive to forgive his wife and best friend for betraying him.They didn't betray him. There was nothing to forgive. The child was conceived before he and his wife even started dating seriously. The only thing his wife was guilty of doing was choosing him as her husband and believing quite innocently that he could father children.
Yo, schizophenic_clownsass, posting without a clue is a violation of the Arkansas Ignorance Statute of 1992.
Punishable by a lifetime of terminal mediocrity with no time off for insipid behavior.
This was a really good movie...fair imdb rating id say:)
sharei liked it...
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This was almost as bad as Dan in real life, same general feel good lame plot BS.
The music during the movie was awful and shouldn't have been there. It was like watching 30-something.
Yeah besides the fact that it had a original Storyline.
Actually the soundtrack was good and went well with a movie. Sorry they didn't put any Nickleback in.
the rating is deserved on ryan reynolds performance alone (although the rest of the cast is ace too). he is a marvel to watch and seems to move effortlessly between making you laugh and pulling on the heart strings. he has been compared to alot of actors but a new one that should be added is buster keaton. criminally underrated should be his middle name.
shareFilmmaking by the numbers, unchallenging and trite, but I guess that's what most of the audience apparently likes. And they complain when Hollywood keeps churning out this kind of stuff. The only worthwhile thing about the film is Ryan Reynolds' performance, for some reason he gets involved in way too many mediocre films, and his talent deserves better.
shareif this is unchallenging and trite kiko, what on earth do you call junk like fool's gold, 27 dresses, maid of honor or what happens in vegas that the masses flock too? this at least tried to be more than that and is a sweet little touching tale of misunderstanding, tragedy, forgiveness and acceptance that is touching to alot of us.
sharei loved this movie, it clearly wasn't a 10/10, but i had to give it one to boost the rating!
i think people should see this. definitely.
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I just saw this on pay-per-view last night and I gave it a 9 vote. This is why:
I generally avoid films like this like the plague. I'm a very cerebral woman, and I hate walking out of a film feeling like I've been emotionally manipulated for no logical reason. But what makes this film different from generic romantic comedies (which it's not) or something like Little Miss Sunshine (which was definitely overhyped and overrated), is that it actually had a story to tell and then actually told it. What's more is the story stuck to its own logic and said what it was going to say without getting off track with a lot of cutesy, quirky nonsense. I expected that I would have to fastforward through parts of this, but I actually watch it from start to finish without once wincing in annoyance or groaning aloud in impatience. I even sat though the "heartwarming" last scenes, whereas in most "heartwarming" films I'm usually very tempted to jab a pen in my eye in order to distract myself from the manipulative agony.
I appreciated the emotional understatement in this film. It could have been very overwrought very easily, but avoided crossing that line. Most of the drama in this story comes from the characters not reacting emotionally but trying to think out their problems and make choices (or choose to not make choices), and when it does get emotional, you understand why. This made the actual emotional parts more believable and realistic. Why can't more films be like this?
As for the main character, Frank, I think some people are missing a vital point. From the preview, one might think this is yet another film about some quirky, neurotic sad sack who finds redemption in love, right? Well, yes and no. The ways the writer and director steered this away from that generic plotline are subtle, but too numerous to be missed completely, so if you walked away from this film still thinking that, you did so by your own stubborn insistence. There's something about Frank that challenges the audiences' perception of things from the start - you want to just write him off as a sad sack rambling on about some sad life story, like his future son-in-law at the start of the film. But Frank's not exactly the quirky, neurotic, sad sack that you think he is. Moreover, he's got a real story to tell, and he's going to make you sit there and listen to it. It's up to you at that point to set aside your expectations and just pay attention. If you don't want to hear the story Frank has to tell you, then sorry, you're not going to get this film. And what a pity. I personally got a lot out of this film, far more that I anticipated, and not only did the film made me ponder some of the complex nuances of interpersonal relationships, it genuinely put a smile on me face.
My final comment about this film is about the acting. I thought the cast all around was spot on (despite Mortimer's wandering American accent), even the young girl who played the younger Jesse. This is the kind of acting I prefer to see for my money, the very character-centric acting that's an nice antidote to all the star laden movies Hollywood shove at us every year. I like being able to go to a movie and recognize who the actors are, yet be allowed to be entertained by their acting instead their celebrity.
PS: I just went back and watch Roeper's and Philips' review of this on At the Movies, because I recalled they hadn't liked this that much. One thing that Roeper, who I like a lot as a film critic, seemed especially annoyed with was the seemingly implausible circumstances that take place in the movies. Yes, there's implausible things that happen, like in many, many films and novels and other forms of storytelling. But I never got the impression that the story was about the circumstances, so that implausibility didn't take me out of the storytelling. Instead - get this - it helped tell the story for me. I think people like Roeper just got way too hung up on their own expectations of what this film was going to be about.
Oh, and Roeper, yes, all they had to do is call each other and talk, yet they didn't. How is that unrealistic? Seems like a lot people I've known in my life.
Hmm, that is very interesting that you think so. Do you have any proof to support this theory of yours? A perfect 10......you have got to be kidding. Perhaps you should stop sipping the Kool Aid. It's obvious it is clouding your mental abilities. Perhaps you should button up your mouth and just post what you did not like about the film rather than making absurd truths and half truths about people stuffing the ballot box and their lack of taste. Shame on you for being so judgmental, a cynic and a damn hypocrite. Did you even pause to consider that if half of the voters were to vote 10's just to skew the voting then it would seem reasonable that the other half would vote 0's to skew the voting as well. Of course your theory would account for the other half that actually voted correctly. Lol! I bet you didn't think about this before running your mouth off. Well let this be a lesson to you. Think, plan, then write. Is this concept so hard to grasp?
shareI'm going to vote 10 to skew the voting because this movie is good and there's too many ass clowns on here saying it sucked. The only people making good arguments are the ones who are saying why they DID like the movie.
shareI'm not really surprise by the OP. He's probably 15 or 16 as most of the poster on IMDB are mentally, if not physically, or has no experience with long term relationships, again something I would bet is a common theme on posters here.
The reason I liked this movie is, in part because I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary this week, and while our story isn't the same as this one, it does touch on a truth that those who throw in the towel never get to really appreciate. That is real love, can conquer all. How real is love that is never tested? The tests are different, the choice to stay IMO separates real love, from the illusion of love.
I also enjoyed the acting, especially the little girl.
So I'm giving this movie an 8, and if the OP doesn't like, too bad! Go cry to your Mommy!
I'm not really surprise by the OP. He's probably 15 or 16 as most of the poster on IMDB are mentally, if not physically, or has no experience with long term relationships, again something I would bet is a common theme on posters here
I'm going to have to agree with you on all counts.
I too thought this movie was excellent, a refreshing change in an otherwise worn out genre.