An average movie

Even though this movie didn't get much love when it was released, a movie directed by Jason Reitman and starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin definitely sounded interesting so I was still eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. I guess, the main issue I had was that, even though it looked fine and the actors gave some decent performances, the story never really worked in my opinion. Indeed, somehow, they tried to mix some drama, some romance and a dash of thriller and the end-result was some kind of weak version of 'A Perfect World'. This movie also reminded me somehow of 'The Bridges of Madison County', another classic directed by Clint Eastwood. Anyway, the issue with this movie was probably that I never really believed in this set-up. I mean, they gave us probably the least believable meet cute ever and, fast, much too fast, they fell in love and even this process was messed up. Indeed, they gave us Brolin fixing the house, playing catch and, of course, baking some pie because, obviously, that's why you would fall in love for someone. I mean, coming back to the pie, this one was so amazing that the little boy grew up to look like Tobey Maguire and would eventually open his own pie baking shop. That was apparently some seriously  mighty pie then. To conclude, even though it wasn't awful, it was still pretty weak, in fact the weakest movie directed by Jason Reitman so far, but I guess it is worth a look, at least, for the fine actors involved. 

6/10