It was just OK, don't rush

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2007)

My husband and I both thought it was just OK, yet lots of people in the theater loved it. The basic premise was fine, with the husband, Jerry, sending notes after he passed away to the mourning wife. My husband did not find that too believable though. One part in particular, about how they met in Ireland, seemed draggy, could have been shortened and should have been placed earlier in the movie because it may have cleared up some things and would have made the movie flow better. The acting was good, Hillary seemed real yet with the problems that they had at the beginning, it was a bit difficult to feel sorry for her. Kathy Bates was good but again, you don't find out until later in the movie, why she doesn't like Jerry; you keep wondering why she is so unsympathetic to Hillary. There were some teary-eyed moments, but it is not a tear jerker. The scenery is beautiful in parts.