Soft centred stuff

Rating: 6/10 (16 January 2011)

Despite a couple of really bad attempts at an Irish accent this is a fair film that never really gets going. The first half hour drags by and before you get too into it the film wraps up.
Hillary Swank is on top form as Holly as she tries to get over the loss of her husband played by Gerard Butler and is well supported by Lisa Kudrow who gets all the best lines.
It is a soppy film and there isn't really much for guys to enjoy but they aren't really the target audience. This film is a good old fashioned weepy and once the story gets going the tissues become as needed as the popcorn.
Not a film for everyone (as I think the box office takings showed) but it is well worth watching as the cast try to bring the original novel by Cecelia Ahern to the big screen.