disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (5 September 2014)

I was getting tired of re-watching my favorite movies so I decided to try this one out, as it got good reviews and won some awards. And I'm baffled why. Maybe because it tried to be different? I definitely could see an attempt at it. But different is not necessarily good. It appeared that it was trying to be different for different's sake, not trying to be a good original story.
The essence of a good rom-com is the chemistry between the two protagonists. Everything else is just filler. In very good rom-com's, the filler is interesting as well. But in this one, the filler was uninteresting and contrived. And there was a lot of it. It took a good half hour or so before we got to see Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence together. And when we finally got to see that, it was disappointing. They are fine actors on their own but do not have much chemistry together. No chemistry between the romantic couple and an uninteresting story in this movie. So what's it got? Not much.