Life doesn't work like that!

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2013)

First of all I want to say I really wanted to like this movie. I know it's a romantic comedy and it's not my favorite thing to watch but it has its moments. The trailer of this movie made me really want to watch it, a story about two depressed people whom meet up. As a person who has been depressed and suicidal for a large part my life this movie seemed like something that could bring up the frustration of being depressed and mentally ill. But was it? No, not at all. It made it a silly and meaningless plot point and it dumbed down feeling mentally ill to a small thing that doesn't matter and everyone can get over it in easy if they just want to.
The movie begins great, the main character is being released from the mental institution. He wants nothing else than to get back together with his wife. He isn't sick he is functioning on a good level and hasn't realised that it is over. No one tries to have a sit down with him and tell him straight out that it's over. If they had done that this whole movie would have been done. They treat him like a five year old that no one wants to correct! And then there is the female main character, she is weird in fun way so it makes people laugh, but is it? No, her character is stupid. No one talks like this in the real world! Who wrote this dialogue? It's horrible, it's written by someone that have watched too many romantic movies and seriously believe just having a small thing in common makes them the best damn couple ever!
The main character's sickness is like a funny joke. I wanted some emotions, I could just think how much I hated him. He has one small breakdown and nothing else. 5 minutes is what sets up his whole character. If they hadn't said that in the beginning of the movie I would have never noticed. I would just think he was heart broken and wanted to get back together with his wife. No emotions at all! That is suppose to be the movie, struggling with emotions and mental sickness! Not having a god damn dance contest and at the end he declares his love for the girl! It was obvious it would happen that was not the problem, it's a romantic movie what did I expect? But they are not building up to it. "Oh, I have been obsessed with my wife this whole time but when I saw her I realised I didn't care about her, I care about you that I haven't shown any emotions to before!" Give me some emotions for god's sake, who the wrote this piece of garbage!? And the stupid plot point of having a big ass bet that the whole family relied on being a big deal and they are trying to push it like it's a big risk and no one knows what is going to happen, but we all know! This movie is so obvious with everything! I understand it's obvious, it's a romantic comedy. But give me a great journey and story of how/why they end up together! Give me some emotions between the choice of choosing between the wife and the new girl. It just happens in this movie it just does, whit no explanation to why/how he made the decision. The whole movie end with that if you get a girlfriend ALL of your troubles will go away and EVERYTHING will be perfect, LIFE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! This movie was made by people who has never had any emotional illness at all and that shows.
The movie is either average or horrible. The acting is average nothing really bad and nothing good. The dialogue is horrible, no person in real life would talk like this! The plot is interesting but the execution is horrible, they butchered the plot, no tension or struggle at all and it just flows in a bad way with a absolutely breath taking dumb ending. It had so much potential. The reason some romantic movies are good is because they the character needs to go through something emotional or make a hard decision in their lives. But nothing like that happens, the plot points just happens. I am maybe repeating myself here a lot but it really REALLY bothers me. How could this movie get Oscars nominated? When movies like Cloud Atlas or the great Joss Whedon gets left out completely.
My final thoughts are: it could have been something great, a movie to be seen as the great romantic movie of this decade but it failed so hard in the writing and directing it is just horrible to watch.