Lots of talking, talking, talking, talking... zzzzz

Rating: 3/10 (1 January 2018)

I enjoy romantic comedies, but this one was neither romantic nor funny. There were many problems with it, number one being that everyone talked incessantly about relationships. The characters were presented as smart, serious people so it was incomprehensible that they would have such stupid relationships. Rather than playing the dippy, funny woman, as we know she does well and with a lot of humor, she played the smart, sophisticated business owner fully in charge of her life except... in a bad relationship. Same for Kate Winslet--she comes across as so smart and intense that even when she dances around in her pajamas, it seems out of character. And definitely not funny. Jack Black was seriously miscast as Kate's romantic interest even though he comes across as his usual snarky, sarcastic, smirking self. And he's only in the film for the first 5 minutes and the last 15, so why was he even in this movie? Jude Law does a great job, though the scenes with his kids are way too over-the-top cutesy, and seemingly unending. Eli Wallach showed why he was an acting legend because he was great no matter what dreck he might be in.