Sunday, September 15, 2013

The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him but she meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates.

Review

My girlfriend and I both at or approaching our 50's saw this in a theater that was absolutely filled with high school girls. That surprised me actually given that most of the stars in this film are wellbeyond highschool age. But they like the rest of the audience seemed to really enjoy this film as did we. The relationships were nicely intertwined without being contrived ("Crash" anyone) and unlike the similar movie "Love Actually" nothing portrayed was too outlandish. The convention of adding comments by "real" people to introduce story lines was well done and amusing. If I find any fault with the film it's that all of the guys are presented as having relationship "issues" or as being total boneheads. Hopefully there are more "nice guys" interspersed in society than what this film might lead you to believe (though I must say that the attitudes presented are definitely not inaccurate).

Overall a very nice film whose 2 hour plus running time goes by rather quickly. If you've ever been in or tried to be in a relationship you'll probably enjoy this movie.