A Lot Like Love
2005 Directed by Nigel Cole
Synopsis
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?
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Incredibly boring, tries to hard to be romantic. Kutcher and Peet have no chemistry. Didn't laugh once.
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I put it 3 stars because when I saw it I was quite vulnerable and it touched me. I am girl you know.
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Refreshing and cheering-up romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. They fit together surprisingly well. The story could be from real life just fine. Loved the fact Aston actually signs ASL in this film. Cute, funny, fresh. Loved it. Great add to my list Movies with vision and/or hearing impairment.
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Two of my least favorite actors manage to entertain me so that1s something.
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Guilty pleasure.
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A nice little romantic comedy, but nothing groundbreaking. A guy watching it with his girlfriend certainly wouldn't hate it.
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"Average flick."
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And it’s also a lot like When Harry Met Sally, as virtually every review you’ll read will point out. Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) meets Emily (Amanda Peet) on a plane trip to New York, and over the course of the next seven years they occasionally cross paths in ways both romantic and platonic. Director Nigel Cole has previously helmed overly-precious British films like Calendar Girls, but here he allows room for a more loosey-goosey vibe to emerge. Yet while Kutcher and Peet both prove pleasant enough, the film seems content to coast on that charm. Colin Patrick Lynch’s lightweight script gives their characters no distinctive personalities—they’re like amalgams spit out of a romantic-comedy computer program—so it’s hard to care beyond whatever smiles the individual scenes provoke. Oliver and Emily can appreciate being in the moment without dwelling on their future, but viewers should expect a little more.
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1.5 out of 5 (C-)