An average movie

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Drew Barrymore, I thought I should give it a try. Even if my rating might seem rather low, I actually enjoyed many things about this movie which was definitely one of the better romantic-comedies I have seen lately. Unfortunately, there were still too many elements which prevented me from giving it a really positive grade. First of all, absolutely none of the supporting characters were either interesting or really funny. Secondly and mostly the reason why they didn't really nailed it was because the dilemma in this relationship was just rather phony, at least to me. I mean, from the moment Drew Barrymore gets this great job opportunity, there was no real reason for Justin Long to actually stay in New York, except moving along the plot so they can split up and of course get back together in the end. And that's the whole point! They do get together eventually rather easily so it makes it rather difficult to take what happened before really seriously. So, they messed up a few things but they still managed to get many things right. First of all, I'm not sure if Barrymore and Long were still an item at the time but they really had some great chemistry and their scenes together were pure gold and felt really genuine. Furthermore, their relationship was actually very well built, based on reality instead on some idiotic concept and that was much appreciated. To conclude, even though the whole thing didn't work completely, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10