P.S. I love You

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2008)

I absolutely loved this movie. I had not read the book (didn't know there was a book frankly, until I went to work on Monday and found out from a friend there was) I went to this movie by myself as I am not privy to single girlfriends, all married or going with someone. Thats my luck. Anyway, I wanted to do something for me and said I was going to go see it. Boy am i glad I did, it was just what the doctor ordered. I went in with no preconceived ideas of what this was about, even though I really wasn't jazzed about seeing Hilary Swank, because I did not see Million Dollar Baby (not my type of movie or anything else she had done has ever moved me) but I thought her and Gerard had the greatest chemistry together and he is so hot in this role that girls can't help but fall in love themselves with him. I have not stopped swooning over him or this movie and I have now seen it three times and can't wait until it comes out on DVD because I will definitely be buying a copy. I loved this movie for so many reasons, namely that it was true to life. In real life, Couples love each other but they fight over sometimes many insignificant issues and some times they are significant. Hiliary Swank was just an ordinary woman, no 42-24-38 super babe in the sense that a lot of movies are after, just ordinary and that was GREAT!! Her smile makes her very beautiful in her own right,very believable and in real life most Handsome men have ordinary wives and vice versa. He (Gerry)was so sweet and tender with her and yes she was a little spoiled and unkind at times, but the love was there. I loved all the characetrs in this movie, Kathy Bates, always a winner, Lisa Kudrow for comic relief and Gina Gershon, the friend that will tell it like it needs to be. Jeffrey Morgan was handsome as ever, as was Gina's (Sharon's) husband and Harry Connic Jr was wonderful as the guy that says what's on his mind without thinking. I give this a nine because after suffering from the dissolution of a 27 year marriage myself and the abandonment of a husband, I could relate to all the pain and bitterness that Kathy Bates felt. I also related in the first few months to how Hilary felt trying to find her way to get out of bed, much less trying to figure out what to do with your life. At least she had Gerry helping her with his letters, it was good therapy for me, made me laugh, which was rare in my life and made me tear up over Hilary thinking how she was always angry at Gerry that she realized too late for What? He taught her things about herself and he knew she loved him through it all, he wasn't afraid to lay it on the table when he needed to, which is a very manly man, yet tender. As he said, "I don't fear you will forget me Holly, I just don't want you to forget the person you are" The writers are to be commended, and if you didn't like the movie then there is definitely something wrong with you and you just need to go watch war movies or something. The Only complaint and the 9 rating instead of a 10 is Why would the mother not come to the funeral of her only son, even though the husband was sick, that was her only son for gosh sakes, unless it was to stress her undesirables attitude towards him marrying so young along with her mothers feelings,but come on, they were married for 11 years, seemed like it was more of a cut the nose off to spite your face reality, but other than that, I thought it was Fantastic