Katie Kampenfelt (Britt Robertson) is cheating on her boyfriend Rory with the older Dan Gallo (Justin Long) who has a girlfriend named Martine. To her mother (Molly Hagan)'s dismay, she's deferring college for one year. Her counselor suggests that she write a blog. Her father (Robert Patrick) is a drunk ex-sports writer. She gets a job at Glenn Warburg (Martin Sheen)'s bookstore. Her mother's boyfriend Mark finds out that Warburg has a criminal sexual past and she's forced to quit. Then the Spooners (Christian Slater, Kimberly Williams-Paisley) hire her to be their nanny. Jade (Gia Mantegna) is her best girl friend. Joel Seidler 3 years older from school keeps calling.
This story needs somebody to streamline the myriad of characters. If the older flings can be combined, it would allow them to be more compelling characters. There are so many characters vying for screen time that the movie becomes scattered. Also the early light tone is off-putting especially with the promiscuous girl. It's not a sex romp and needs some dark seriousness injected into it early on. Britt Robertson is an interesting young actress who keeps this movie on track. Then there is the final reveal. No spoilers. It's a fascinating turn but one that has little foreshadowing. I wasn't looking for a reveal and it's not as compelling. By comparison, a great reveal like Sixth Sense has a ton of clues.
This story needs somebody to streamline the myriad of characters. If the older flings can be combined, it would allow them to be more compelling characters. There are so many characters vying for screen time that the movie becomes scattered. Also the early light tone is off-putting especially with the promiscuous girl. It's not a sex romp and needs some dark seriousness injected into it early on. Britt Robertson is an interesting young actress who keeps this movie on track. Then there is the final reveal. No spoilers. It's a fascinating turn but one that has little foreshadowing. I wasn't looking for a reveal and it's not as compelling. By comparison, a great reveal like Sixth Sense has a ton of clues.