real potential down the drain

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2011)

I went to see this movie only because Steve Carell was in this and he is always good, given the right material. Given that this is a romantic comedy, I wasn't expecting anything new considering it's the same story over and over again. The movie had a good story and the first half was fun and entertaining, but into the second hour, the movie lost me because like all comedies, eventually the fun draws to a close and it just becomes ridiculous. A lot of this movie is implausible and would never happen in real life and there are way to many stories going on which makes the script more convoluted than it needs to be. Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon are bored as heck on screen with barely anything to do except to spike the movie's budget up for a few known faces in the industry. This movie also has way too many twists ad turns to knock you on your ass and bewilder you. With a cast as stellar as this and two directors, you would think it would be more unique and to the point, but this becomes a mess and fast. I was really looking forward to this and wanted like it, but as a whole package, it just gets soggy after a while. This is a rental at best and to avoid all the horny teens looking to see Gosling shirtless and Emma Stone in bed just avoid the theatre.