Though I can't say it entirely strikes out. For all the star-power, one could have anticipated something more, but at least there are a lot of familiar faces to improve the general mediocrity.
Conceptually, it's a good idea. Reminiscent of "Love Actually", with many couples whose lives are intertwined in some way or other, but not done so well, in my opinion. The review of the ups and downs, the expectations and disappointments, of Valentine's Day, rings all too true to most of us, and it is the being able to relate that makes this movie any good. Even the disheartening parts, have got to make you laugh sometimes with, "Isn't that just how it goes?" sort of feeling.
A couple of 50+ years of marriage; couples and friends in the prime of life, in different stages of relationships; employer/employee interactions; high-school dramas of "love"; the love of parents/grandparents; and childhood emotions. This movie attempts to show love and relationships from all parts of life.
Having watched this in my hometown in Indiana, I've got to say that the little "shots" made about Hoosiers had the whole theater laughing! I think that's a good analogy for the entire movie: sometimes things are funny just because you can get the humor in it, not because it is perfectly portrayed.
Conceptually, it's a good idea. Reminiscent of "Love Actually", with many couples whose lives are intertwined in some way or other, but not done so well, in my opinion. The review of the ups and downs, the expectations and disappointments, of Valentine's Day, rings all too true to most of us, and it is the being able to relate that makes this movie any good. Even the disheartening parts, have got to make you laugh sometimes with, "Isn't that just how it goes?" sort of feeling.
A couple of 50+ years of marriage; couples and friends in the prime of life, in different stages of relationships; employer/employee interactions; high-school dramas of "love"; the love of parents/grandparents; and childhood emotions. This movie attempts to show love and relationships from all parts of life.
Having watched this in my hometown in Indiana, I've got to say that the little "shots" made about Hoosiers had the whole theater laughing! I think that's a good analogy for the entire movie: sometimes things are funny just because you can get the humor in it, not because it is perfectly portrayed.