"Stuck in Love" is the story of a father and his two children.
Greg Kinnear plays the father, Bill, who wants to reunite with his ex-wife (Erica played by Jennifer Connelly) after three years apart. His love life seems stagnant because of his dedication to a relationship that has ended.
His daughter, Samantha, is portrayed by Lily Collins. A student at college, she is afraid of love, because she identifies love and commitment with heartache and eventual failure.
Bill's son, Rusty (Nat Wolff), is a high school student who admires a girl from afar. He wishes he had the chutzpah to proclaim his love, but the best he can muster is to write a poem that includes a character which represents her.
All three of them are writers. And all three of them use writing as an outlet for feelings they cannot express easily.
Through the influence of others, each learns to overcome his fear of moving on (toward love).
There are two kinds of people in the world--those who think there are only two kinds of people in the world, and those who don't view the world in such simplistic terms. Maybe this film's story is somewhat simplistic, but it does not present the characters as model citizens or one-dimensional.
As in many films of its genre, the children apologize for the parents' behavior. And it proposes that most significant life lessons are learned through tragedy. Some may find these conventions a little tired, but the end of the film has an emotional payoff that is touching.
This is an enjoyable story bolstered by enjoyable performances.
Greg Kinnear plays the father, Bill, who wants to reunite with his ex-wife (Erica played by Jennifer Connelly) after three years apart. His love life seems stagnant because of his dedication to a relationship that has ended.
His daughter, Samantha, is portrayed by Lily Collins. A student at college, she is afraid of love, because she identifies love and commitment with heartache and eventual failure.
Bill's son, Rusty (Nat Wolff), is a high school student who admires a girl from afar. He wishes he had the chutzpah to proclaim his love, but the best he can muster is to write a poem that includes a character which represents her.
All three of them are writers. And all three of them use writing as an outlet for feelings they cannot express easily.
Through the influence of others, each learns to overcome his fear of moving on (toward love).
There are two kinds of people in the world--those who think there are only two kinds of people in the world, and those who don't view the world in such simplistic terms. Maybe this film's story is somewhat simplistic, but it does not present the characters as model citizens or one-dimensional.
As in many films of its genre, the children apologize for the parents' behavior. And it proposes that most significant life lessons are learned through tragedy. Some may find these conventions a little tired, but the end of the film has an emotional payoff that is touching.
This is an enjoyable story bolstered by enjoyable performances.