OMG, This was bad

Rating: 3/10 (12 January 2013)

Just got back from theater with my wife and had to write.. My top genre is rom coms and i can enjoy the lamest and most predictable, but this is a real stinker. I can't believe people clapped at the end, morons. Other negative posts are right on editing, poor story line with weak motivations, but the killer for me was ZERO chemistry between Lawrence and Cooper. This movie never figured out what it wanted to be: comedy, quirky love story, family healing story, concern for the mentally or emotionally ill, Benny and Joon? I think they never figured it out or planned well so they threw it all in.
All the actors did a good enough job but the support really let the movie down. I connected with the movie on 3 scenes only, the best being when the parlay deal is cut. Shame on Danny Elfman for the music, Led Zeppelin's "What Is and What Should Never Be" for that scene? Really? All in all I was ready to leave after about 40 minutes, but my wife lukewarmly enjoyed it so I had to stay. The word "Oscar" should not appear in the same sentence with the title of this movie as I see no one associated with it doing that level of quality work. Pathetic.