A rare insightful romantic comedy

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2010)

Well this was a rare insightful romantic comedy in which the guy doesn't wind up with the girl. I'm not sure if the movie required non-linear editing - not sure what that accomplished - but I like the story that was told.
I find both characters very plausible and likable. The guy's a hopeless romantic but resilient enough to get over heartbreak (though not before a bout of depression), and the girl's a secret romantic who hides behind her motto that she doesn't believe in love (till she finds it). And even though they have a nice romance, relationships don't always work out, often because one party is just not as into the other, and it's really no one's fault. C'est la vie and moving on.
And it's great that the movie ends on an appropriately positive - if not cheesy - note. Downer finales don't really befit romcoms.