Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Vitameatavegamin First of all, I have no idea how this got a feature release from a major studio but apparently they believe everyone out there is dumb and will go see any movie marketed with Jennifer Aniston.Second of all, I just really want to talk about the beginning and ending because the rest of it isn't even worth writing about.It starts with Eckhart's character tossing back Grey Goose like he's a closet alcoholic which is what you'd expect to happen...but doesn't. And that's too bad actually because it would have been better than what we got. In fact, they never explain why they clearly started on that path but my hunch is they weren't sure what to do to tie up the corny ending. So, if he is responsible for this wife's death and it is related to drunk driving, how can he admit such a thing to his beloved audience of psycho-babble feel-good clones and risk losing his company and "good" name and gain their sympathy? He can't. But you can bet that was the plan originally.Instead, they wrap it with he was arguing with his wife over "paint swatches" no less, and it was HE who was driving (ooohh shocker!) so of course as it turns out it was he who accidentally swerved and killed his wife. So that was the "surprise" twist, in that it was not her driving and nearly hitting a dog in the middle of the road after all which was his story all throughout the movie. Huh, who'd a thunk it? I like both of the main actors respectively but this was just tepid and contrived. Jennifer is a "B" actress at best, and although always likable (I think anyway) she falls really flat here. Aaron's an A-lister (again, my opinion)or will be and he should try to focus on better quality films. I'd expect this type of film from her but not him.Blah...........! Ps- for people concerned about the bird, really, it's a movie and I am sure the bird is just fine. Unfortunately yes, there are people out there who are just dumb enough to release a tropical bird in the Seattle area or comparable whether they see this movie or not. My hunch is not that many people will ever see this movie so I doubt the city of Seattle will need to worry about a misplaced tropical bird epidemic any time soon.

rbferre I watched this movie on cable in a Thanksgiving morning and almost ruined my day. A real waste of time. If you are looking for a light romantic comedy, this is not a film for you. If you are looking for a witty plot, that's not for you either. If you are looking for basic entertainment, look somewhere else. Underdeveloped characters, lack of chemistry, and, worse, it really makes the audience feel like the director thinks we are stupid. For example, the main character freed up a tropical cockatoo in Seattle - everyone knows it would not survive; second, he proposes a Home Depot (disgusting product placement, I am wondering how much HD paid for that) shopping spree to help curing a father from the loss of his child. Not bad acting from the actor who played the guru, but his actions were corny and unbelievable to me. He had a secret hidden from his audience. If he was really a celebrity, I can't believe that "big secret" (totally predictable) never came to surface before. Oh yes, and I can't get past the idea that his chin looks like his behind. Anniston's character was totally bland and never made a point. Even pretended to be a deaf lady to avoid guys hitting on her - not tasteful at all. She seemed like she was feeling sick the whole movie. Finally, the couple only gets to kiss each other in the last scene of the movie and - amazing - the kiss looked like anything but a kiss between lovers!! Avoid, avoid, avoid!!

mburgermeister this is the first review i've written and am only doing so because my comcast guide gave this film a one-star review. it's much better than that. if 'the ugly truth' and 'made of honor' are getting two stars, then this is easily 3.5 stars.aaron eckhart plays a successful, widowed, author and jennifer aniston plays girl-picking-the-wrong-guy florist. stop me if you heard this before, i know. they grow to like/love each other and she helps him through his unresolved pain.i'm mainly responding to the harsh reviews and trying to understand them. was this promoted as a romantic comedy? if so... then blame the distributors. it is, in fact, a character drama and if you thought you were tuning in for light faire, you would rightfully feel tricked.another grievance could be that it doesn't hit the mark for a tearjerker. yeah, somehow with the script it feels like it could/should move you more than it did. and while i agree that eckhart and aniston played it restrained, i also think they put forward engaging real-people performances. they didn't over-reach, i didn't cry, and that's OK.i just want to put a comment out to recommend you go ahead and watch this movie and as long as you're not expecting 'the proposal' or 'the wedding date' i bet you'll be happy you watched.

MCreton I wasn't eager to see it as the title alone left little to the imagination and neither did the story. It was contrived and boring, Aniston's character was so flat and blah I couldn't believe it there was no depth or personality in the character yet it seemed as though she could have done something with the character but perhaps found herself as bored as I was watching it and therefore just slept through the filming. There was absolutely NO chemistry between she and Eckhart although to his credit he did a good job (in a story which although intending to be about two people falling in love ends up being nothing of the kind and instead revolves around the loss of a spouse) but even then he could never have been good enough to save the film. It was actually painful and pointless with useless scenes like the introduction of Aniston's mother (and this wasn't edited out why?)as well as showing a band that I've never heard of who's music basically sucked. Even when they had a chance of at least getting the viewing audience interested by having some great tunes they failed. And wasn't sure the point of that scene either. It appeared as if perhaps there was an earlier scene which would lead them to this particular band or something along those lines but if there was it was one of the few things they did cut that may have actually been able to help understand this unbelievably boring film) so I was unsure of the point of this as well. Yes it's a romantic gesture to take someone to see a band even without having obtained tickets but again, it was just dropped in there like the rest of the films lackluster moments. As a writer myself I often wonder "what the hell were they thinking?" and it is in that one in only way that it didn't fail to disappoint. The only character that was worth watching was that of Walter played perfectly by John Carroll Lynch who as usual gives an outstanding performance. However, once again Hollywood took a perfectly romantic idea, and then does absolutely nothing with it. Love Happens to be the most boring worthless attempt at a romantic comedy I've seen in some time, a tragedy? Absolutely, but I'm afraid not on purpose.