pleasantly surprised

Rating: Null/10 (6 December 2004)

i went into the theater with a few of my girlfriends thinking this film would be some kind of romantic drama. the previews definitely keep you in the dark. my biggest fear was that it would turn out to be soft-porn for lonely housewives - a romance novel slapped onto the bigscreen. fortunately, it was neither and i was pleasantly surprised at how interesting and provocative it was. man was it painful to watch. it made me feel uncomfortable like i had unintentionally eavesdropped on someone else's argument and got caught. i enjoyed it immensely. it's a nice change from your typically formulaic Christmas/holiday fare.
i do remember some young lady saying, "that's the worst julia robert's film i've ever seen" while we were exiting the theater. what a moron. obviously she hasn't seen runaway bride, American sweethearts, and a number of other mediocre-at-best catastrophes that pock ms. robert's work history.