2008 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 52 min
Director: Adam Brooks
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher
Ryan Reynolds as a charming dad who loves his daughter is like porn for women, for starters. How on earth he's in the middle of a divorce is beyond me.
The interactions with that daughter (Abigail Breslin) are adorable. She begs for the story of how he met her mother and then interrupts with her advanced-for-her-years commentary on the subject. Calling your dad the "man version of a slut" is a joy most daughters never experience. And counseling your dad on repairing his broken love life is another such luxury. Both are handled expertly by Reynolds's Will Hayes without faultering.
So who will it be? Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, or Elizabeth Banks? You get to root for your favorite, see if you can guess which woman is his soon-to-be-ex-wife and which one is the one that got away? And can he stop her from getting away again?
It's cute, it's funny, and it's a great one to watch just in time for Valentine's Day next month.
It was a fun movie, I just loved the whole idea of a romantic mystery.
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