This film is what I expected it to be: a light-hearted drama with some comedy. The movie doesn't attempt to handle the issue of alcoholism in quite as deep (and therefore depressing) a way as films like "Days of Wine and Roses" or "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," the only other two movies I've seen about alcoholism, but at the same time it is does handle the issue in a serious and mature manner. The way the movie switches between the seriousness of substance abuse and the somewhat comic nature of the addicts at the rehab clinic gets kind of confusing at first because you don't really know if the movie is trying to make you laugh or listen, but ultimately you learn to accept all the characters as human beings, whether they're supposed to be comic relief or not.
After reading some of the comments posted here on the IMDB, I have no idea why some people expected a movie about an alcoholic woman going to a rehab clinic to be a laugh-a-minute comedy. This movie is more of an uplifting drama with comedy mixed in, and anyone who goes to it expecting nothing but laughs and escapism will probably not enjoy it much.
After reading some of the comments posted here on the IMDB, I have no idea why some people expected a movie about an alcoholic woman going to a rehab clinic to be a laugh-a-minute comedy. This movie is more of an uplifting drama with comedy mixed in, and anyone who goes to it expecting nothing but laughs and escapism will probably not enjoy it much.