So many problems with this movie. I wanted to like it--I love so many of the stars in it, and some of them have done such AMAZING work in the past--but, alas, this one fell flat on many, many levels.
Plot/screenplay: Just awful. Just unrealistic and awful. For instance, Jill Scott's character is supposed "best friends" with Paula Patton's. In what world does a best friend NOT know you're dating someone for a few months? (This from a scenario near the start of the movie.) Juicy ridiculousness like this peppered the movie. I don't have time to list it all.
Acting: Unfortunately, this movie was built around Montana (Paula Patton). And she wasn't able to deliver. I like Patton; she's beautiful and has had acceptable performances in a few other movies she's been in. Her voice is amazing (I think she has a solid future in voiceovers). However, in this movie, she always seems forced and unnatural in front of the camera. Like, really bad. Like she's trying to act, but not managing to pull it off. And maybe this was because the screenplay was just. so. awful. that it would've been impossible for ANYONE to act well in it. All the other characters had better lines and were more realistic with solid performances.
Really, the movie wasn't funny, either, and had about five minutes of heartwarming endearments (scene reliving high school).
Don't waste your time. I wish I could say different.
Plot/screenplay: Just awful. Just unrealistic and awful. For instance, Jill Scott's character is supposed "best friends" with Paula Patton's. In what world does a best friend NOT know you're dating someone for a few months? (This from a scenario near the start of the movie.) Juicy ridiculousness like this peppered the movie. I don't have time to list it all.
Acting: Unfortunately, this movie was built around Montana (Paula Patton). And she wasn't able to deliver. I like Patton; she's beautiful and has had acceptable performances in a few other movies she's been in. Her voice is amazing (I think she has a solid future in voiceovers). However, in this movie, she always seems forced and unnatural in front of the camera. Like, really bad. Like she's trying to act, but not managing to pull it off. And maybe this was because the screenplay was just. so. awful. that it would've been impossible for ANYONE to act well in it. All the other characters had better lines and were more realistic with solid performances.
Really, the movie wasn't funny, either, and had about five minutes of heartwarming endearments (scene reliving high school).
Don't waste your time. I wish I could say different.