Over-rated intergenerational romance. Shallow story and acting.

Rating: 1/10 (22 May 2011)

This is the most over-rated movie on Amazon, that I have seen. There may be others more deserving of that title but, if there is, I haven't seen both the film and the Amazon rating.
This poor excuse for a film was made only because the director is the daughter of one of the Hollywood elite. She grew up as a rich brat and this film presents the world view of that worthless class.
The story is drivel. I can get into a good love story, or lightweight romance like this, but this one repelled me. I can only suspect that the viewers who rated it highly have psyches so controlled by the fairy tales they were poisoned by as children that they have no grasp of reality. Other one-star reviews explain the lousy-ness of the story fully so I will not repeat them.
The acting is mediocre. Scarlett Johansson has a very limited range as a performer, which could have worked if the role called for looking cute and not saying too much. This roll calls for a sophisticated, well educated, but shallow young woman. Johansson is perfect for the shalllowness, but fails the other two requirements. When I saw her similarly sub-standard acting in Girl With a Pearl Earring, I thought there might be a decent actor inside waiting to get out. Maybe I suspected wrong.
Bill Murray also has a limited range but that is all that was needed for his part. That could have redeemed the movie somewhat but the character is so thoroughly vacuous that he has nothing of value to offer other characters in the film or to the viewers.
The theme of inter-generational romance has been explored in many other films but seldom so badly.