Promising beginning becomes an utter bore

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2010)

This films begins well. A nice light romantic type film with each character evolving as the film progresses. The two lead actors kept me interested for the first 30 minutes. However, half way through the movie I kept thinking 'this guy is pathetic' and 'she is a real pain in the ass'. I still think that Zooey Deschanel is a fine actress and a very attractive woman but I simply wanted to strangle her during the course of this movie. I would have DUMPED HER in a heartbeat!! The friends of the male lead have been done to death so many times before, goofy, nerdy pals asking the usual sexual type questions at the beginning of the relationship but also there to provide the support when things go wrong. The use of the little sister as the counsel for the male lead (and his dopey mates) only made his character seem more pathetic.
I did expect some kind of comedy to emerge but no, it became mindless romantic dribble that made it very difficult to stay awake. It also made me realize that the review scores on IMDb are a total illusion! An 8! you have got to be kidding me?? A very uninspiring movie to say the least, give this one a miss folks