I think what hurts this film's ratings the most is that it's billed wrong. It's listed as a romantic comedy. But the film is neither particularly romantic or comedic. This is probably also why it's been stated that it gets better after multiple viewings. After you've already seen it once, you already know that it's more of an introspective drama, so you can watch it in that context & it goes much better. It's actually not a BAD movie if you're in the mood for more of a "down" movie, but if you're looking for an ACTUAL romantic comedy (which are "up" movies), this is NOT it! The first 2 minutes are happy & hopeful, but after that, the happiness turns to sadness, the hopes are dashed, and it's a movie focused on addictions, broken relationships, lies, tears, broken hearts, pain, death, destruction, goodbyes, and a general sense that nothing lasts forever...a sense of hopelessness. Only in the last 6 minutes of the movie is there even the slightest glimmer of hope again. But the mistake they make is that they run the movie full circle so that the hope at the end is the same as the hope at the beginning...the hope that was killed during the movie. So the end result is that they're implying (whether intentionally or not) a cycle of hopelessness.
And when what I wanted were some happy, hopeful thoughts to close out a rough day and give me sweet dreams, this heavy feeling of depressiveness really sucks. Two stars.
And when what I wanted were some happy, hopeful thoughts to close out a rough day and give me sweet dreams, this heavy feeling of depressiveness really sucks. Two stars.