Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

huggibear It has the familiar happy ending, but I like that since I'm the kind of person who enjoys that kind of warmth of a happy ending, which is sometimes a bit overrated as well. Being bound by another via marriage is not happiness. Being bound by another via commitment to each other CAN be happiness. Can is obviously the operative word here. Like another reviewer commented, it is a shallow movie and lacks relationship depth, but then again, I'm the one to give all romantic movies a shot of at least one viewing. At best, 5 stars coming from me. I like that actresses and the actors. They've all had way better movies though.

blanche-2 I'm not really sure why I had this film on my Netflix list, except that I like David Duchovny and Julianne Moore. They can and have done much better than this.Duchovny and Moore play Tom and Rebecca Pollack - he's a house husband, having just quit advertising, and she's a well-known actress rehearsing a play in New York. Her brother Tobey (Billy Crudup) is in a long-term relationship with a fledgling writer Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and they're all best friends.Tom wants sex more than Rebecca does; Elaine wants to get married and have a baby, but Tobey doesn't seem ready. He seems overly concerned with the fact that they're all going to die someday.Tom drifts into a relationship with a divorced mother of one of his son's friends, and Tobey and Elaine finally break up. The movie concerns them all trying to find their way back to one another. I found it pretty dismal.There are some good scenes, two in particular: the beginning of a romantic evening when Rebecca, on her last night of eating carbohydrates, stuffs a huge piece of cake down her throat; and Tom's confessions, true and not true, to a sex addicts group. Both very good.There are several cameos in the film, one by Garry Shandling and one by Ellen Barkin, as well as some recognizable New York actors. The New York location shots are all great, some taking place in my old neighborhood.This is a good cast stuck with a weak script and shallow characters. They do the best they can, but it's an uneasy mix of drama and comedy. The ending is lame. Disappointing.

Boba_Fett1138 To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this movie and as it started I had no idea which direction it was heading to. At first it really seemed like the movie wasn't going to do anything good or interesting with its story but once it does, the movie gets a quite good one to watch, within its genre and I simply really enjoyed it for what is was. What I like about this movie is that it never becomes a melodramatic or sappy one, like movies like this often tend to do. The situations and characters within this movie are being kept mostly real and so are all of their emotions and feelings. This is the foremost reason why I kept liking this movie throughout. I liked were the story was going and the overall message of it.Yes, it still also really is a comedy though, so some of the situations and characters are still being exaggerated for comedy effect. But just like its drama, the comedy never pushes it too far, until its end, when the movie suddenly becomes more goofy. But overall I still really liked the balance between the comedy and the drama of this movie.Thing that also truly keeps this movie interesting and good to watch is its cast. It really has a surprisingly good cast in it. Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Ellen Barkin, Bob Balaban and Eva Mendes all in one movie. That's quite amazing actually for such a low-key movie as this one. Every actor was fine within their role but the one that stood out most to me was David Duchovny, who is trying so hard the last couple of years to become a legit actor after his "X-Files" fame. He had an hard time getting rid of his image but if he keeps on playing like he does in this movie, he should be alright.I can still see all of this movie its flaws, such as some story issues and some misplaced comedy at times but as an overall experience, I surprisingly liked this movie and I honestly liked it better than just the average genre attempt.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

TxMike Set in New York, David Duchovny is Tom and Julianne Moore is Rebecca. They are married and have a child. Her brother is Billy Crudup as Tobey, a 30-something that is merely a boy at heart, and his live-in girlfriend is Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elaine, who really wants a commitment, a wedding, and children.Garry Shandling has a low-key and humorous turn as Dr. Beekman.I found the characters to be interesting, and all the actors do good jobs. It is a fairly well-worn story about temptation and cheating, stale relationships, realization of what you are losing, getting your grip back on reality, learning what really is important. While I found it to be an enjoyable viewing, in the end it has nothing particularly new or interesting to say.SPOILERS. Tom meets a pretty lady, newly divorced, and gives in to temptation. Meanwhile Rebecca also meets a young actor in a stage play they are rehearsing for and she gives in to temptation. Elaine gets fed up with Tobey and asks him to leave, and she takes up with another guy, but Tobey never gives up. The climax is at the opening night of the play, at the curtain call Tom goes onstage and professes his love for Rebecca, they kiss, while Elaine and Tobey have a moment among other audience members, who don't know if it is part of the play or not. Nice finish.