Directed by:
Greg BerlantiCinematography:
Andrew DunnComposer:
Blake NeelyCast:
Katherine Heigl, Christina Hendricks, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Majandra Delfino, Melissa McCarthy, Reggie Lee, Hayes MacArthur, Will Sasso, Barry Hopkins (more)VOD (1)
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Holly (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, all they have is common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Judging career ambitions and competing social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof. (official distributor synopsis)
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Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel were fine, the chemistry between them worked quite well, but the script put so much crap in their mouths that I wanted to cry, especially towards the end. It wasn’t so much with emotion, but just with how stupid it was and how it had to lead to the exact conclusion you expected. The ending bothered me and overall it brought down a film that had started quite well.
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Neither here nor there. It says comedy/drama/romance in the description, but only the last one applies. I expect a comedy to make me laugh, and I expect a drama to make me think. Neither of that happened. The film drags (110 minutes? Why?!). It's clear from the first scene that the two protagonists are going to end up together. Katherine Heigl plays the same desperate woman as always (I'm starting to wonder if she's really acting). The rest of the film is just filler, trying in vain to create suspense by throwing various predictable obstacles in their way. I would have given it just one star, but Christina Hendricks was in the film for ten minutes, which was a brilliant move.
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Life as We Know It is in many ways similar to Raising Helen (Kate Hudson), but instead of a woman, there is a man. Both have to re-evaluate their lives after a tragedy and slowly discover that what they've been avoiding is what makes them happiest. If that sounds clichéd to you, it's definitely not your fault, because that's simply how romantic comedies are made in America. The same formula and usually the same result. Here, there was a likeable lead couple and a few laugh-out-loud moments, so I give it a nice 3*. In short, a typical product of America that is especially suitable for a good time.
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It's a fact that the whole movie is basically carried by Katherine and Josh D. There were lines that made me pee myself laughing and romantic moments where I was completely entranced and would have wanted to swap bodies. It's a bit of a shame that the performances of the others weren't anything special... except for the social worker, who won me over with her one line, "Maybe... if you want to get there fast, you should go faster than the other cars." All in all, it was great to watch and I give it a well-earned 5 stars.
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