On its face this seems to be a nice bit of romcom. Piper moves to NYC for two months during which she 'must' discover and embark upon her proper career path. Her handsome neighbor Austin is a fine love interest if dare I say their was a speck of love interest shown on the screen prior to the final scenes of the film. They go from being neighbors to Piper doing illustrations for the kids book series Austin is seeking to have published.
Through 98% of he film the two never do as much as hold hands. Aside from trope smiles here and their there is only a working relationship with zero physical contact, no kissing just their work collaboration. Here is where the screen writers went off the rails. In a final scene, after book related obstacles are overcome, Piper and Austin admit they are in love and want to be together forever. But flash back to the preceding scene where Piper has not met her two month goal and we see Piper leaving her apartment with her luggage and heading to the airport. She later says 'I'm not good with good byes' as the reason she was leaving Austin forever without so much talking to him about it. Absurd! So, at this point their unspoken love is DOA because Piper's two month job plan had failed. Like, what about the option of staying in NYC with the love of your life? Maybe even discussing this with the 'love of your life.' Maybe Austin, knowing Piper's two month sub let is up would have discussed this with Piper since he is head over heels (unspoken) in love with her. Are we to believe love can not survive the expiration of a sublet:? Here the end of an eight weeks meant the end of love. To recap: For 98% of the film the two are 'silently' falling madly in love BUT there is zero on screen evidence of any romantic relationship. Then, when her sublet is up Piper is leaving without a word of discussion with Austin, the love of her ilfe. The screen writers toss two bones in the final scenes. Piper's career quest comes through and hence the two are permitted to now declare their love. Title should have been: Love DOA if the job hunt fails!
Through 98% of he film the two never do as much as hold hands. Aside from trope smiles here and their there is only a working relationship with zero physical contact, no kissing just their work collaboration. Here is where the screen writers went off the rails. In a final scene, after book related obstacles are overcome, Piper and Austin admit they are in love and want to be together forever. But flash back to the preceding scene where Piper has not met her two month goal and we see Piper leaving her apartment with her luggage and heading to the airport. She later says 'I'm not good with good byes' as the reason she was leaving Austin forever without so much talking to him about it. Absurd! So, at this point their unspoken love is DOA because Piper's two month job plan had failed. Like, what about the option of staying in NYC with the love of your life? Maybe even discussing this with the 'love of your life.' Maybe Austin, knowing Piper's two month sub let is up would have discussed this with Piper since he is head over heels (unspoken) in love with her. Are we to believe love can not survive the expiration of a sublet:? Here the end of an eight weeks meant the end of love. To recap: For 98% of the film the two are 'silently' falling madly in love BUT there is zero on screen evidence of any romantic relationship. Then, when her sublet is up Piper is leaving without a word of discussion with Austin, the love of her ilfe. The screen writers toss two bones in the final scenes. Piper's career quest comes through and hence the two are permitted to now declare their love. Title should have been: Love DOA if the job hunt fails!