For a girl who isn't into chick flicks...

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2008)

After somewhat reluctantly agreeing to watch this movie on a girls-night-in, I was pleasantly surprised.
This film is intelligent and well written, though perhaps a little long. It contains elements of drama, comedy and tragedy, and shows the journey of recovery of a grieving woman after her husband, the man she had envisioned growing old with, dies too young and too early.
If you like chick flicks, you'll love this, if you don't, you'll probably still like it anyway.
It looks gorgeous, the actors are all charming and perfectly cast - Hillary Swank is great and Gerard Butler is both gorgeous and lovable. You never think "Get over it Hillary" because you see enough of the two as a couple to see just why she misses him so much. The film has a good balance and you will laugh as much as you will cry, it's not too sappy or silly which seems a rarity in the rom-com (although I would call this film rom-drama-com) genre these days.