It is what it is. It's somewhat entertaining, very idyllic, picturesque and relaxing, but the story does not have any meat on it.
The idea of Robin Scherbatsky wanting her husband and children to spend his life with a woman who hallucinates, sees and talks to dead people is a strange thought.
The idea that a cop can put out a nation-wide APB for a murder suspect without filling in the details of who the murder victim was (spoiler: there is no murder victim) is insane. We see him filling in the form on the computer. Who is the murder victim? When did this crime happen? What is the file number for this crime? Who is the lead detective on this case?
The copper even got other coppers to chase his wife at the bus stop, sirens and checking buses and all. He gets every police station (in the state? country?) to put out wanted photos of his wife.
The wife runs away for no reason. She didn't actually do anything. She runs away from police officers in another state. Why? The only crime she committed is star in this film, and that's a misdemeanor at best.
It makes no sense.
Her husband switches from nice guy to alcoholic abuser for no reason. Instead of examining what caused this transformation (brain injury? tumor?) she dyes her hair and runs away. Whatever happened to his brain could happen to her too. She's talking to dead people, so clearly she's not doing better than he is. Maybe he saw some messed up ghost stuff too and maybe that turned him into drinking. Did anyone even consider that?
This film had almost all the ingredients to becoming a great film if only it had a better script.
The idea of Robin Scherbatsky wanting her husband and children to spend his life with a woman who hallucinates, sees and talks to dead people is a strange thought.
The idea that a cop can put out a nation-wide APB for a murder suspect without filling in the details of who the murder victim was (spoiler: there is no murder victim) is insane. We see him filling in the form on the computer. Who is the murder victim? When did this crime happen? What is the file number for this crime? Who is the lead detective on this case?
The copper even got other coppers to chase his wife at the bus stop, sirens and checking buses and all. He gets every police station (in the state? country?) to put out wanted photos of his wife.
The wife runs away for no reason. She didn't actually do anything. She runs away from police officers in another state. Why? The only crime she committed is star in this film, and that's a misdemeanor at best.
It makes no sense.
Her husband switches from nice guy to alcoholic abuser for no reason. Instead of examining what caused this transformation (brain injury? tumor?) she dyes her hair and runs away. Whatever happened to his brain could happen to her too. She's talking to dead people, so clearly she's not doing better than he is. Maybe he saw some messed up ghost stuff too and maybe that turned him into drinking. Did anyone even consider that?
This film had almost all the ingredients to becoming a great film if only it had a better script.