Reading the other reviews I see a lot of complaints about the story line and formulaic script. I, like many others, enjoyed the film because of it's honesty in attempting to portray the standard story of: Boy & Girl have problems, break up, go on a journey, attempt to get back together, and finally have an epiphany that they don't really "belong" together, and two of them live happily ever after. This film does that story well and what's even more surprising is that it's Canadian! I find most Canadian written stories to be very bland, tedious and downright boring, so you can imagine my surprise when I watched this film. I'm normally not a romantic comedy type of person, but this film is good enough that I will purchase a copy and it well worth watching more than once.
The characters are well fleshed out and portrayed exceptionally well (IMHO): you both love and want to slap Rachael, Jonas' portrayal of the boring unconfident "loser" boyfriend is wonderfully correct (coming from one of those types of people myself; the only other actor I know of that can properly play that level of awkwardness is Jay Baruchel in "She's out of my league" and I was less embarrassed for Jonas than I was for Jay in the truly awkward scenes), Emily's "Julia" character is exceptionally well done and you really feel for her as the film progresses. (It doesn't hurt that both Emily and Sarah are ravishing).
I would consider this a dirtier version of Pretty Woman and the acting is (IMHO) equal to Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. The American Pie twist is hilarious (and strangely instructional :D) and when coupled with the final resolution makes the film well worth watching. Yes, there are some awkward points in the script (Naked Tom ... but it actually helps the plot progress), but I find that in all of the Romantic Comedy genre of films... it's almost a requirement.
In closing, give it a chance; if you're not into romantic comedies, or are a little prudish about nudity and a bit of language... go watch Sandra Bullock's work. If you are interested in an honest portrayal of real people, you won't be disappointed.
The characters are well fleshed out and portrayed exceptionally well (IMHO): you both love and want to slap Rachael, Jonas' portrayal of the boring unconfident "loser" boyfriend is wonderfully correct (coming from one of those types of people myself; the only other actor I know of that can properly play that level of awkwardness is Jay Baruchel in "She's out of my league" and I was less embarrassed for Jonas than I was for Jay in the truly awkward scenes), Emily's "Julia" character is exceptionally well done and you really feel for her as the film progresses. (It doesn't hurt that both Emily and Sarah are ravishing).
I would consider this a dirtier version of Pretty Woman and the acting is (IMHO) equal to Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. The American Pie twist is hilarious (and strangely instructional :D) and when coupled with the final resolution makes the film well worth watching. Yes, there are some awkward points in the script (Naked Tom ... but it actually helps the plot progress), but I find that in all of the Romantic Comedy genre of films... it's almost a requirement.
In closing, give it a chance; if you're not into romantic comedies, or are a little prudish about nudity and a bit of language... go watch Sandra Bullock's work. If you are interested in an honest portrayal of real people, you won't be disappointed.