While this movie is all around not very good, there seems to be a big shift change midway through.
The first half sets up the plot - a woman balances her work life and personal relationships while being courted by a man she met at the grocery store. Pretty soon into the movie, it becomes apparent that the main character is simply a bad person. She is mean (under the guise of sarcasm), and self-centered. She claims to have no interest in her best friend (Aaron Samuel from Mean Gurls) until he begins dating someone, which prompts her to fantasize about punching the girl in the face.
Just as you begin to get a feel for the plot, the movie switches gears. Suddenly the lead is sadly going through the motions of life. The man who viciously courted her in the first half turns into an uninterested gaslighter who goes days without returning her calls (despite the fact that he initially pushed her into the relationship, even though she was apprehensive).
At this point you begin to forget about the other characters. You forget about her job. You see her binge eating in the dark as she cries. You watch her boyfriend ignore her then invalidate her feelings when she brings up that she feels ignored and hurt. You are basically watching a depressed person spiral out of control for 45 minutes.
After counseling, she begins to get back to normal. She is still with the awful boyfriend for some reason. For a little while, it seems as if she's grown into a kinder person.
Ultimately though, she goes back to the same ol mean spirited person she was before. The part that I found the most unfortunate was at the very end, she begins to repeat the exact words the gaslighting boyfriend used on her, to her new love interest. It was truly as if the whole plot led up to the main character going from "mean, self-centered and sad" to "mean and now equipped with manipulation tactics."
Also. This is set in "Chicago," but despite being around Halloween time, they didn't even attempt to make this look like Fall. No leaves on the ground, sun shining bright, people in shorts, everything is green. That just really bugged me!
The first half sets up the plot - a woman balances her work life and personal relationships while being courted by a man she met at the grocery store. Pretty soon into the movie, it becomes apparent that the main character is simply a bad person. She is mean (under the guise of sarcasm), and self-centered. She claims to have no interest in her best friend (Aaron Samuel from Mean Gurls) until he begins dating someone, which prompts her to fantasize about punching the girl in the face.
Just as you begin to get a feel for the plot, the movie switches gears. Suddenly the lead is sadly going through the motions of life. The man who viciously courted her in the first half turns into an uninterested gaslighter who goes days without returning her calls (despite the fact that he initially pushed her into the relationship, even though she was apprehensive).
At this point you begin to forget about the other characters. You forget about her job. You see her binge eating in the dark as she cries. You watch her boyfriend ignore her then invalidate her feelings when she brings up that she feels ignored and hurt. You are basically watching a depressed person spiral out of control for 45 minutes.
After counseling, she begins to get back to normal. She is still with the awful boyfriend for some reason. For a little while, it seems as if she's grown into a kinder person.
Ultimately though, she goes back to the same ol mean spirited person she was before. The part that I found the most unfortunate was at the very end, she begins to repeat the exact words the gaslighting boyfriend used on her, to her new love interest. It was truly as if the whole plot led up to the main character going from "mean, self-centered and sad" to "mean and now equipped with manipulation tactics."
Also. This is set in "Chicago," but despite being around Halloween time, they didn't even attempt to make this look like Fall. No leaves on the ground, sun shining bright, people in shorts, everything is green. That just really bugged me!