An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick. Indeed, Meg Ryan and Timothy Huston are some of the biggest has-beens in Hollywood but, still, since I always had a weak spot for Meg Ryan, I thought I might as well give it at try. Well, unfortunately, I have to admit it, this flick was as underwhelming as the rest of Ryan’s work during the last decade (this movie was actually Ryan’s last movie and she hasn’t done anything much since it was released in 2009). I mean, basically, the whole thing works almost like a play, it takes place mostly in one single house, and Hutton and Ryan are basically on their own during the whole thing with some guest appearances by Kristen Bell and Justin Long. There was nothing wrong with the set-up but it was tricky and to make it work, they needed some great characters and/or some great actors and it was here not the case, I’m afraid. Honestly, I’m not sure what was the biggest issue, the characters of the actors themselves, but there was one sure thing is that it was quite cringe-inducing to behold. To conclude, the whole thing was not completely worthless but the concept was poorly developed. Actually, it had some potential and there was a nice ambiguity with the very last scene but, still, the whole thing was still very weak and it is not really worth a look.

5/10