Quality Romantic Drama Entertainment

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2019)

5 January 2007. Except for two moderate miscues, this romantic drama entertainment is a dazzling display of natural portrayals of banter between romancing couples. The emotional relationships on screen are refreshing, lively, and revealing for their depth of realism and delight. Except for Jack Black's usual character performance that is beginning to become almost stale (missing a great opportunity to play against type) and a rather typical ending, this movie is a solid credit to romance pictures in lifting the level of performance and true dialogue in this genre. A great movie for the holiday season. Cameron Diaz continues to perform well as an under-rated and overlooked actress along with her co-stars (Kate Winslet and Jude Law) all doing well (if only Jack Black could expand his range). The scene with children is a truly wonderful, quality family performance with tender dialogue and acting from the young ones. Eight out of Ten Stars.