one of the most boring films ever

Rating: 2/10 (12 December 2007)

It's not about me not liking the chick flick/ tearjerker sub genre, actually I've seen a number of such films that I actually like, but this one is unnecessarily too long and boring. I suspect that the novel is good, but not very filmable. Or that the writers didn't do the job properly. Otherwise, it appears to follow the genre demands well: you have Gerard Butler, a chick magnet, you have Hillary Swank in an atypical role which she handles pretty good, you have Gina Gershon- always likable and sexy, but when the most interesting character is Lisa Kudrow reenacting her best "Friends" moments, than you have to ask the question: why? This film has no point. It drags itself for 126 minutes to tell you "Life goes on."