An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for the romantic-comedies, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, the main asset with this movie was its impressive cast. Eventually, it turned out to be fairly entertaining  with a few nice scenes. Still, to make a fiction out of a self-help book seemed to be a rather misguided idea, even if this book was apparently a best-seller, but I thin the whole thing actually had some potential. Eventually, the main issue was that there were just way too many story-lines and, as a result, none of them was actually properly developed. In my opinion, it would have worked much better if they would focused the whole thing on 2 or 3 stories. In fact, it is gimmick that they have been using a lot lately in rom-coms, which is basically to have a whole bunch of sub-plots loosely linked with each other (see ‘What to Expect When You're Expecting’ also based on some self-help book, ‘Valentine’s day’, ‘Mother’s Day’, ‘New Year’s Eve’, ‘Think Like a Man’, …). I think this trend actually started with ‘Love Actually’ which must probably be one of the most overrated romantic-comedies ever made. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, in spite of its flaws, I thought it was a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.