For starters, the story is practically all overused plot points (I'm really tired of the one where the leads have to compete for a promotion), ... until you get to the end. I think for many, the ending will generate strong feelings - I think it is a love it or hate it ending. I hated it. In fact I had to hit the FF button a couple times there. But I can also see how it was kind of clever and many people, maybe even most, will love it.
What I really didn't like about this movie was how shallow the two leads are. I don't remember the one other movie I saw Alexandra Breckenridge, but apparently from my review, I loved her. Not this time. She comes off as the perfect TV shopping host - a combination of perky and shallow. Several times her smile looked fake. I couldn't trust her and even when she got more vulnerable, I couldn't shake my initial take on her. The whole point of Robert Buckley's character was the appearance of macho and shallow. So I had the same problem with him. Even when we were supposed to see the real David, I couldn't shake the first impressions. And I couldn't see any chemistry. A lot of on screen couples establish chemistry with the early banter and these two tried, but it came off as mean to me. Later when they were supposed to be connecting, my mind was going - why?
Towards the end there's some well done philosophizing about being scared, and having to be perfect.
Note on ballot box stuffing. Whenever I suspect it, I look at the rating distribution. This one convinced me that any ballot stuffing was inconsequential to the results.
What I really didn't like about this movie was how shallow the two leads are. I don't remember the one other movie I saw Alexandra Breckenridge, but apparently from my review, I loved her. Not this time. She comes off as the perfect TV shopping host - a combination of perky and shallow. Several times her smile looked fake. I couldn't trust her and even when she got more vulnerable, I couldn't shake my initial take on her. The whole point of Robert Buckley's character was the appearance of macho and shallow. So I had the same problem with him. Even when we were supposed to see the real David, I couldn't shake the first impressions. And I couldn't see any chemistry. A lot of on screen couples establish chemistry with the early banter and these two tried, but it came off as mean to me. Later when they were supposed to be connecting, my mind was going - why?
Towards the end there's some well done philosophizing about being scared, and having to be perfect.
Note on ballot box stuffing. Whenever I suspect it, I look at the rating distribution. This one convinced me that any ballot stuffing was inconsequential to the results.