Easy prey

Rating: 3/10 (14 June 2015)

This movie is easy to take apart. It seems to try to steer away from some of the ridiculous things the book included (from what I have read in reviews and other things, because I haven't read it, I think watching the movie was "enough"). Still as many have observed there is no chemistry here between the leads. On one hand it's nice to see "romantic" movie steer away from certain things, on the other hand, it just a shallow diversion, that actually isn't one.
You get the same things (read clichés) that you get in your plain romantic comedy. Just without the comedy! Which is a factor that is sorely missed here. No matter how bad those were, you at least had some funny scenes here and there. The funny things here consist of stroking (which is supposed to be hitting?). And while it's nice to see a powerful female character, the transition of "plain Jane" to super woman/healer/confident character does not bode well.
Obviously there is a lot of nudity, a lot of longing looks and a lot of dialog that will make you cringe and (maybe even) whine at times. It still isn't as bad as expected, but that's not saying very much. The "helping" a "poor" soul excuse is also a masquerade that is as awful as it sounds. Obviously only works with attractive people (which goes both ways no matter the gender)